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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><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><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, but we believe that it may contribute to our research mission.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Invitation to Participate in Research on Improving Accessibility of Data Visualization with, by, and for Blind and Low-Vision People </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-indent:34.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>A research team </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>composed<span style='color:black'> of blind and sighted scholars at the Unive</span>rsity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is <span style='color:black'>conducting</span> user studies <span style='color:black'>on</span> blind individuals’ interactions with the accessible data visualization system that we developed. In this context, an individual’s level of visual impairment is based on The U.S. legal definition of blindness: visual acuity of not greater than 20/200 in the better eye with correction or a field not subtending an angle greater than 20 degrees.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-indent:34.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The expected value of this study is that we will get a better sense of the following topics based on blind individuals’ experiences:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:9.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The better multi-representation and accessible combinations of sonification, text, and braille patterns for statistical graphs, such as bar plot, heatmap, boxplot, and scatter plot;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Learnability and usability of the accessible visualization system that our research team developed</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Future directions towards more accessible data visualization system and data science education.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-indent:34.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Participants’ personal information and data such as name and email collected from the user studies will be systematically removed from the final results. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-indent:34.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Participants will receive a $30 Amazon gift card upon completing the up to one-hour and a half user study. Eligible participants for the online interview are those who must:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:9.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>be age 18 or older;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>meet the U.S. legal definition of blindness (i.e., visual acuity of not greater than 20/200 in the better eye with correction or a field not subtending an angle greater than 20 degrees);</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>be everyday screen reader users such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, ORCA, etc.;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>have access to either a refreshable braille display or braille notetaker that can be connected to your computer and screen reader.;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>not currently located in China (this is because of the current research protocol restriction)</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-indent:34.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>If you are interested in participating, please fill out this Google form <a href="https://forms.gle/roRmM4Z8v7kaX8Rb7"><span style='color:#1155CC'>https://forms.gle/roRmM4Z8v7kaX8Rb7</span></a> If you encounter any questions, feel free to contact our team via email: <a href="mailto:yilinx2@illinois.edu">yilinx2@illinois.edu</a>. Please pass on this information to other suitable candidates who you think may be interested.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>JooYoung Seo (PI), Yilin Xia, and Yu Jun Yam</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: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"><span style='color:windowtext'>lblake@nfb.org</span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nfb.org/"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=210 height=76 style='width:2.1875in;height:.7916in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/nfblogo.png" alt="National Federation of the Blind"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblind"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 style='width:.25in;height:.25in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/facebook.png" alt=Facebook></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/NFB_Voice"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 style='width:.25in;height:.25in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/twitter.png" alt=Twitter></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/NationsBlind"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 style='width:.25in;height:.25in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/youtube.png" alt=Youtube></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. 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