Open Text

Last reviewed: 31 August 2026

Use Open Text when you want people to answer in their own words.

Answers in their own words

Participants can write an answer of up to 280 characters.

What participants can enter

Participants can write up to 280 characters. Blank answers and answers made only of spaces are not accepted.

How results work

PollSpark shows the written responses rather than turning them into a percentage or score. In a named session, a participant name can appear if the participant chose to add one.

PDF and CSV

PDF shows the first 20 responses. If there are more than 20, it states how many responses there are and explains that CSV includes them all.

CSV contains the complete response set.

Shared Results

Shared Results can show individual written answers.

Using this question

Works in Live and Survey, depending on your plan.
In Live, each browser can answer this question once.
Anonymous mode applies to the whole session.
After the first accepted response, settings that could change the meaning of the results are locked.

Read how responses work.

Keep going

How responses workAnswers, reconnecting, anonymous mode and clearing results.Choose the right question typePollSpark has 11 question types. Pick the one that matches the kind of answer you want from the group.Multiple ChoiceUse Multiple Choice when you want each participant to choose one answer from a list.