Gloria tries the prototype

Gloria was given the pen to try out. Her initial response was somewhat indifferent. She didn't seem to react to the pens design and look as the other children did. However, when she realized it was no ordinary pen she was excited to give it a try and find out just what it can do. She was told how to use it but she didn't seem to pay attention to her parents, she was too eager to play with it. Hopefully she would figure it out herself once she got to work with it for a while.
She was trying to turn it on but couldn't figure out that the on/off button needed to be held pressed so her father told her how to do it. Once turned on the pen prompted her to speak a word to spell out. She spoke the word "house" and the pen repeated "house". After a slight delay the pen said "h" and displayed the letter "h" on the screen. Gloria then attempted to "draw" the letter "h". After lifting the pen it sounded the letter "o" which Gloria successfully wrote again. Upon reaching the letter "s" however, Gloria could not draw it correctly so the pen kept informing her that she drew it incorrectly. After 3 consecutive unsuccessful tries, Gloria got frustrated and threw the pen across the table and left eventually breaking the pen.

Gloria's experience with the pen was not a success. It showed us that, although built to be as simple as possible, the pen may seem complicated to certain individuals of the target age. Additionally, this experience showed us that, to someone who doesn't really want to learn and sees the product as a toy, the pen can be annoying and frustrating to use. However since the pen is marketed as a learning tool and not as a toy, this drawback cannot be considered serious.