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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>For those who are interested. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> NFBNet-Members-List <nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Blake, Lou Ann via NFBNet-Members-List<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 13, 2022 3:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org' <nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [Nfbnet-members-list] Blind and low-vision adults needed to test browser extension tool<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The below research participant solicitation is being provided for informational purposes only. The National Federation of the Blind has no involvement in this research.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Hello, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> We are a group of researchers at University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign and are recruiting blind and low vision adults to try out a new browser extension designed to show additional information on websites visited. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Research project:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> Our group has developed a browser extension tool called GuardLens to navigate websites. It is designed to provide blind and low vision users easy access to security and privacy-related information about a website upon request. For instance, GuardLens performs automated analyses of images and site content to provide information related to website security, kind of website, and visual safety information such as inappropriate images, number of ads on screens, and description of large images on the screen. The study session will be for 1 hour and the participant will be compensated with a $30 amazon gift card. Please fill out the </span><a href="https://illinoisaces.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cuotv83CnBAc9Rs"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>recruitment survey</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> to participate.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Please feel free to reach out to principal investigator Dr. Yang Wang at </span><a href="mailto:yvw@illinois.edu"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>yvw@illinois.edu</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> or 217-244-0401 if you need additional details.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Thank you!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Lou Ann Blake, J.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director of Research Programs, Blindness Initiatives<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(410) 659-9314, extension 2221 | <a href="mailto:lblake@nfb.org">lblake@nfb.org</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nfb.org/"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=210 height=76 style='width:2.1875in;height:.7916in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. 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