SQala – Software for Jury Testing

With SQala, jury tests can be set up quickly and easily and performed either at a... 

With SQala, jury tests can be set up quickly and easily and performed either at a single-user system or in a listening studio. SQala supports playback of binaural recordings and enables product or ambient noises to be rated flexibly and aurally accurately no matter where or when.

SQala offers the following jury testing methods:

  • Paired comparison
  • Multi-Attribute Paired Comparison
  • Ranking
  • Category Judgement
  • Simultaneous Category Judgment
  • Simultaneous Category Judgment with Ranking
  • Semantic Differential

The test coordinator can use interactive tools to supervise, manage and control jury testing. The results are stored on the SQala Server. A seamless connection to the ArtemiS SUITE software platform offers a wide range of functions for noise pre- and post-processing. Possible modifications to product noise can then be carried out seamlessly in ArtemiS SUITE and tested again in SQala before being implemented in actual prototypes.

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With SQala, jury tests can be set up quickly and easily and performed either at a single-user system or in a listening studio. SQala supports playback of binaural recordings and enables product or ambient noises to be rated flexibly and aurally accurately no matter where or when.

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With SQala, jury tests can be set up quickly and easily and performed either at a single-user system or in a listening studio. SQala supports playback of binaural recordings and enables product or ambient noises to be rated flexibly and aurally accurately no matter where or when.

SQala offers the following jury testing methods:

  • Paired comparison
  • Multi-Attribute Paired Comparison
  • Ranking
  • Category Judgement
  • Simultaneous Category Judgment
  • Simultaneous Category Judgment with Ranking
  • Semantic Differential

The test coordinator can use interactive tools to supervise, manage and control jury testing. The results are stored on the SQala Server. A seamless connection to the ArtemiS SUITE software platform offers a wide range of functions for noise pre- and post-processing. Possible modifications to product noise can then be carried out seamlessly in ArtemiS SUITE and tested again in SQala before being implemented in actual prototypes.

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Highlights

  • Modular jury testing software
  • Can be used to set up and perform jury tests
  • Clear, solution-oriented and intuitive user interface
  • Customization options
  • Can be used flexibly in stand-alone solutions or hearing studios
  • Convenient storage of data and results

Applications

Jury testing for:

  • Benchmarking
  • Defining target sounds
  • Optimizing product sounds
  • NVH and vehicle acoustics
  • Communication technology
  • Medical devices
  • White goods and other household appliances
  • Mechanical engineering

Features

Setting up jury tests

  • Clear, intuitive user interface
  • Modern, functional page design allows complex jury tests to be set up quickly and without expert knowledge
  • Configurable steps for information, demo sounds, interviews, etc.
  • Once created, a SQala Project can be used for various jury testing scenarios and types

Jury testing scenarios and methods

  • Single-user system/listening studio
  • (Simultaneous) category judgment/paired comparison/semantic differential/ranking

 

Managing and supervising jury tests

  • SQala Session Administration: Interactively supervising and managing jury testing
  • Monitoring the status of the separate subjects

Performing jury tests

  • SQala Client for every listening station
  • Full touchscreen support
  • Excel export of results
  • Aurally acurate playback using our advanced playback technologies including equalized headphones, subwoofers, and loudspeakers

Preparing and evaluating results with ArtemiS SUITE

  • Extensive pre- and post-processing tools

Variants

SQala Basic

  • Single-user version
  • Uniform, functional design
  • Combines different test steps within one jury-test
  • If only one test station is available: Jury testing can be carried out in stage
 

SQala Net/SQala Server

  • Listening tests with several participants in the listening studio
  • Save and manage projects
  • SQala Server Manager provides a session for multiple participants
  • SQala Session Manager: tool for monitoring and advanced control using ArtemiS SUITE Studio Control (APR 110 Playback Filters)
 

SQala Client

  • Must be installed at every listening station
 

Relevant Products

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ArtemiS SUITE
(ArtemiS SUITE,SUITE,ArtemiS,50000,50000N,50000N+,9346,9347)
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ArtemiS SUITE Modules
(ArtemiS SUITE Modules,ArtemiS Modules,SUITE Modules,Modules,50000,50010,50020,50030,50100,51001,51002,51003,51004,51005,51006,51007,51101,51102,51103,51104,51106,51201,51202,51203,50040,51706,50080,50200,50210,50300,51301,51304,51305,51701,51702,51703,51704,51705,51801,50050,50220,51302,51303,50400,50410,50420,50430,50610,50620,50110,50190,50500,51501,51502,50570)
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labP2
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labO2
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HD Headphones
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