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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please take a few minutes to do this survey to help blind people gain better access to banking and financial information. Many of you will remember Dr. Brian Wentz. He worked with Jonathan Lazar on several projects. Read below for further information.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>My name is Dr. Brian Wentz, and I am an Associate Professor of Management Information Systems at Shippensburg University. I along with Dr. June Pham, an Associate Professor of Finance, and Kailee Tressler, an undergraduate student at Shippensburg University, are conducting a web-based survey with users who are blind to learn more about the impact that the accessibility of banking and finance websites and apps can have on work and daily life. The goal of this research is to compile data regarding the experiences and problems that blind users encounter that are related to banking and finance website and app accessibility. We are looking for blind, screen reader users, not able to use screen magnification, who are 18 years of age or older, and are users of banking and/or financial websites and/or apps to assist us with this survey.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Survey participants will complete a web-based survey that will take approximately 15 to 25 minutes to complete. The survey will ask you questions regarding the experiences and problems that blind users encounter that are related to banking and finance website and app accessibility. Participation in this study is voluntary, and you are at liberty to withdraw your consent to the experiment and discontinue participation at any time without prejudice. Personal information or accounts will not be used at any time. You will be entered in a drawing to win one of 4 $50 gift cards. The drawing will take place in February 2016, and the winners will be notified via email.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>All information will remain strictly confidential, and once it is coded, the original information will be stored in a locked location in my office at Shippensburg University.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The following is two links that both take you to the web-based survey (one is a shorter URL in case you have any difficulty with the longer URL from Survey Gizmo): <a href="http://goo.gl/T80eOS" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/T80eOS</a> or <a href="http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2399646/Accessibility-of-Banking-and-Finance-Websites-and-Apps" target="_blank">http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2399646/Accessibility-of-Banking-and-Finance-Websites-and-Apps</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dr. Brian Wentz<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Management Information Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Shippensburg University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>1871 Old Main Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Shippensburg, PA 17257<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>717-477-1601<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:bwentz@ship.edu" target="_blank">bwentz@ship.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.bwentz.com/" target="_blank">www.bwentz.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Sharon Maneki, </b>President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>410-715-9596<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>