From Word to Wow! AI-Powered Survey Scripting By Jamey Corriveau Askiadesign, Askiafield, Lab 9 hours ago ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter Imagine this: you have meticulously crafted the perfect questionnaire in a Word document. Now comes the tedious process of converting it into a functional online survey. What if you could automate that? Well, that is the goal of our first major AI initiative. We have been developing an AI-powered process that can take a standard Word document and automatically generate the corresponding Askia XML file for the survey. This XML file can be imported directly into AskiaDesign. This initiative aims to dramatically speed up the Askia survey creation…
Getting Started with AI in Askia By Jamey Corriveau Askiadesign, Askiafield, Lab 11th September 2025 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter This AI blog series will highlight the key initiatives where we have integrated AI into the Askia survey design process. But before diving into the examples themselves, we thought it would be beneficial to provide an overview of how Askia users can begin leveraging AI in their surveys. Our assessment is that the necessary skillset required is comparable to that of an ‘advanced scriptwriter,’ i.e. someone who is comfortable using programming languages to complement their AskiaScript expertise. Happily, there are many Askia users who are comfortable with getting…
New Horizons: Advancing AI Initiatives By Jamey Corriveau Askiadesign, Askiafield, Lab, Product design 9th September 2025 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter The world of market research is in a constant state of evolution, and right now, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the driving force behind the most exciting changes. Businesses are increasingly relying on AI to sift through vast amounts of data, understand consumer sentiment, and make smarter, data-driven decisions. For those who may not know us, Askia has long been a trusted partner for market research agencies of all sizes, providing a powerful and comprehensive suite of tools for everything from survey design to data collection and analysis. We…
Askia Version 7 By Richard Collins Askiaanalysis, Askiadesign, Askiafield 7th July 2025 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter We are delighted to announce the release of Askia Version 7. This release has been a long time in the making and brings together a host of new functionality, including improvements to the user interfaces, new keywords, plus background hidden processes that make the Askia system more powerful and efficient. Highlights Documentation We have published comprehensive ‘What’s new’ documentation in the Askia Help Centre: And we have provided an FAQ article that goes through some of the questions you are bound to have regarding this major upgrade to…
Open To All – Askia’s Accessibility Hub By Richard Collins Knowledge base 30th June 2025 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter Digital accessibility has become a much-discussed topic over the past year. This growing focus is no coincidence. Organisations evaluate inclusion as more and more important. In many cases it has become a strategic priority. This shift is particularly evident in the research industry, where digital accessibility is no longer seen as an option but essential for engaging diverse audiences and meeting client expectations. Research buyers are becoming increasingly conscious of accessibility and inclusive research design – driven by growing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) demands, updates to the…
Freshly Available – Nested Rows By Seyf Altindal Askiaanalysis, Product design 13th June 2025 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter Nested rows is an exciting new feature in AskiaAnalyse that allows users to layer and cross questions in the side-break of tables. It works in a similar way to nested edges, which already allows you to do this in your column-break. This new functionality will be available in version 7. The nested rows functionality is present in a few other cross-tabbing tools and after listening to the feedback of our users we thought it would be a useful addition to AskiaAnalyse’s ever-expanding catalogue of features. The benefits are…
Brand coding now included in codeit’s Essentials package By Richard Collins Askiaanalysis, Business 10th June 2025 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter Askia is delighted to announce that the Brand Coding module of codeit is now available to all users with the ‘Essentials’ version of the platform. This module has been available for a few years now and has proven itself to be extremely productive when coding brand names in market research surveys, but this was only available in the premium ‘Explorer’ version. This commercial change opens this important functionality to all codeit users. So, what are the challenges of coding brands and how does codeit help? In the realm…
Six Reasons to Choose Askia By Richard Collins Askiaanalysis, Askiadesign, Askiafield, Business 14th May 2025 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter Over the past few years, the research technology landscape has become increasingly crowded with a multitude of different survey platforms to choose from. Many of these platforms specialise in a particular type of research project: DIY/Agile, Employee & Customer Experience, Communities, User Experience etc. Askia’s position in the research technology landscape is as a general, full stack, end-to-end survey platform. In no particular order, here are six reasons why you might want to take a look at Askia: Capability MR professionals have been using Askia’s products for over…
MyForce & Askia (an Ipsos Group company) join forces By Richard Collins Business, Customers 19th February 2025 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter For the first time in the long history of Askia’s New Year cards, we had a whole group of people gracing the front page image. There are a few good reasons for this. Firstly, we wanted to celebrate the coming together of MyForce and Askia as part of the Ipsos group. The acquisition of MyForce has been an Askia goal for many years, and Ipsos made it possible! The team at MyForce have been working closely with Askia clients for the past 20 years, by providing expertise in…
What’s New in AskiaAnalyse 5.6 By Seyf Altindal Askiaanalysis, Knowledge base 18th April 2024 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter We have recently released an article in our Knowledge Base detailing all the exciting new features packed into AskiaAnalyse 5.6. This blog post is an accompaniment, promoting the release and summarising the most useful, everyday features it contains. Filtered Weighting Filtered weighting removes the need for manual intervention when implementing certain weighting schemes. We have a blog article on this handy new feature here. The article contains a video where I walk through an example that AskiaAnalyse could not handle previously. In summary, you’ll see these new options…
