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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Hello,</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">My name is<b>
</b>Prachi. I am part of a team of master’s students at Georgia Institute of Technology conducting a research study to explore how people with vision impairments use technology for knowledge learning daily. </span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">We are conducting 40 to 60-minute interviews to learn about the experiences of blind people when engaging in learning activities. We
aim to understand any challenges and frustrations that blind people face when learning new skills.</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">We are looking for participants who are legally or completely blind. Participants must be 18 years or older – students or working professionals.
The interviews will be conducted virtually on Zoom. For this study, we are unable to compensate participants. </span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">If you are interested in participating, please reach out to me via email
<a href="mailto:pchopde3@gatech.edu">pchopde3@gatech.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">. Also, if interested, could you please provide your availability between 2/29 and 3/11 along with the time zone that works best
for scheduling a time to interview you?<span style="color:black"> Please note, if weekends work best for you, we would be happy to accommodate that.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">If you have questions about the interview process or would like to get additional information about our project, please do not hesitate
to reach out. Thank you for considering our request; we look forward to the possibility of collaborating with you!</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Best Regards,<br>
Prachi</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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