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frequently asked questions
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Does Trancer work?
Tranceware released early versions of the software to two different beta-testing groups, totaling over three-hundred-and-thirty (330) people. Approximately sixty-two percent (62%) of the people were male and thirty-eight percent (38%) of the people were female. Ages ranged from 18 to 58. Like us, some people had tried many hypnosis methods and self-help products. Some beta testers had not. The beta-testing groups were informally gathered and the goal of the beta-testing groups was to ensure the software worked functionally, as designed. (The beta-testing groups were not assembled to test the trancing properties of the software, just to test the software to make sure it ran properly.) However, a side effect of the beta-testing process was that we gathered some very promising information we'd like to share with you.
We had direct contact with fifty-five percent (55%) of the beta testers. In addition to commenting on software functionality, they indicated the following:
- Eleven-and-a-half percent (11.5%) of people experienced the deepest trance they'd ever encountered.
- Twenty-one-and-a-half percent (21.5%) of people experienced a strong trance.
- Thirty-two-and-a-half percent (32.5%) of people experienced a moderate trance.
- Twenty-and-three-quarters percent (20.75%) of people experienced a light trance.
- Seven-and-a-half percent (7.5%) of people reported being "unsure" if they were in a trance.
- Six-and-a-quarter percent (6.25%) of people reported no effect.
We were very pleasantly surprised that sixty-five-and-a-half percent (65.5%) of people contacted experienced very strong-to-moderate trance states, with an additional twenty-and-three-quarters percent (20.75%) of people contacted experiencing light trances. We had expected an efficacy rate of only fifteen percent (15%) because studies conducted by researchers have mixed findings about the efficacy of entrancement used with self-help. These official findings are confusing to us because we've had personal success with the software and excellent feedback from beta testers.
We are not making any claims about efficacy here. We're just reporting what we've been told by our beta testers. Your personal results may vary. We encourage you to contact us with your personal results (and comments) because we want to know how the software works for you. By the way, if you are a graduate student, professor, or scientist working at an accredited university or working professionally in the field, we encourage you to contact us if you'd care to use Trancer when conducting research. We're not "afraid" of you and would like to see our informal statistics validated or invalidated via a controlled, professionally conducted study.
Why did the Tranceware staff build Trancer?
During 2000 and 2001, while hunting for self-help hypnosis materials, we agreed there wasn't any entrancement software out there that satisfied us or our needs. (Prior to 2000, we'd tried tapes, CDs, a few other programs, and face-to-face hypnosis. All of these approaches were costly and personally didn't work well for us.) About that time, a few of us accidentally discovered IM chat entrancement was effective. This wasn't really entrancement "software," but it proved to us that computers can really induce trances. We say "computers can really induce trances" because the flow of text on the computer's screen during IM chats induced the trance. In other words, a person typed text that was IMed to us, but the computer delivered it.
In late 2001, we designed our first piece of entrancement software, based around the methods used during IM chat sessions. The first software was really crude, but worked well to induce trances and deliver content. In mid-2002 we decided we just might be able to bring our software to other people.
Starting in late 2002, we redesigned the software (naming it Trancer), designed a range of units and modules that work with it, beta-tested it for five months, refined it, and here we are.
Today, we're still refining and developing Trancer, based on feedback and where we think the software needs to go. We also have several other programs in the works, provided Trancer continues to prove its effectiveness and also becomes reasonably popular within the self-help community.
How often do you improve Trancer?
We try to release a new, improved version of Trancer every six weeks. Each new version of the software contains new features (like new audio and visual effects) and additional units and modules. (Any unit or module you purchase, however, will still work in the new releases of the software.) When we release a new software version, we notify you of the release by E-mail.
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