[Blindmath] Seeking Field Evaluators for Talking Protractor App

[Li Zhou]

    Seeking Field Evaluators for Talking Protractor App

    APH is seeking field evaluators for Talking Protractor app.
Talking Protractor is an iOS app designed for iPad, iPhone, and iPod
Touch. Its purpose is to give students who are blind or have low
vision a protractor tool that provides more accurate measurements than
existing braille and large print protractors. The app allows students
to measure angles in two ways. First, students can place an angle over
the screen of a device and trace along the rays of the angle. The app
records locations of the rays and then calculates the angle formed by
the rays. Students can also choose to measure angles by rotating their
devices. With its built-in gyroscope sensor, the app can tell students
how much their devices rotate and report angle measurements in both
degrees and radians.

    To participate in this field test, field evaluators should have
iPad 3 (or above) running iOS 8 (or above). Evaluators will be asked
to use Talking Protractor app with math students with blindness or low
vision. They will then complete and return a product evaluation form
at the end of the testing period. Field test sites will be selected
based upon geographic location, number of available students, and type
of instructional setting. The field test will begin in March and be
completed by the end of April 2016.

    If you are interested in serving as a field evaluator, please
provide the following information:

    a. your name, title, school/agency, and type of setting (e.g.,
residential, itinerant);

    b. type of iPad you will use during this evaluation and the
version of its iOS operating system;

    c. number of available students with ages, grade levels, and
primary reading media indicated;

    d. your preferred reading medium for evaluation materials and
evaluation form (regular print/large print/braille/electronic); and

    e. your complete contact information (phone number, mailing
address, and e-mail address).

    Please send this information to Li Zhou at lzhou at aph.org by March
20, 2016. You may also contact Li at 800-223-1839, ext. 424.

    Thank you!

Li Zhou