AMANDA HYNAN FINAL THESIS PDF

Amanda: and the one other thing I wasn’t quite clear about was do you use the
internet as well for research and finding things out and shopping and
things like that
Nancy: (4 seconds) yes”
Amanda: and what are the main things you are interested in
Nancy: (12 seconds) “games”
Amanda: oh my goodness you’ve just reminded me of a whole thing I wanted to
ask you about!. I wanted to know about computer games what kind of
things do you do?
Nancy: (15 seconds) “bubble island”
Amanda: so that’s one of the main things that you enjoy using the internet to do
is computer games.
Nancy ‘yes’ (nods head)
Amanda: Okay, do you play any other games apart from bubble island
Nancy: ‘no’ (shakes head and smiles)
Amanda: okay and I’m gonna have to, I don’t know bubble island I’m gonna
have to
Nancy: (25 second pause) “cards”
Amanda: oh yeah like card games where they flip over the cards and things
Nancy: ‘yes’ (nods head and smiles)
Amanda: oh I got completely addicted to Solitaire when I first found that, I
couldn’t stop playing
Nancy: (smiles) yeah
Amanda: um oh do you play Scrabble or anything like that online
Nancy: (glances at clock and suddenly switches her power supply over from
her communication aid to her wheelchair control)
Amanda: oh do you want to finish now
Nancy: yeah
Amanda: okay well it’s really nice to meet you Nancy and thanks for your help
it’s been really interesting what you said. Let me open the door, nice to
meet you. Bye
Personal assistant: ah Nancy
Amanda: oh hi, sorry I kept you a little bit too long
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