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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><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>in making online data visualizations accessible<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>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><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Hello everyone,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>We are a team of researchers at the University of Washington who are conducting research <span style='color:black;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white'>to identify the customization options that would enable blind and low-vision users to personalize their experience with online data visualizations</span>. As part of this project, we're conducting an anonymous </span><a href="https://forms.gle/8LHRn8CArVQCWSqk9"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>survey</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> (</span><a href="https://forms.gle/8LHRn8CArVQCWSqk9"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#BE1E2D;letter-spacing:.1pt'>https://forms.gle/8LHRn8CArVQCWSqk9</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>) that should take about 5-10 minutes to fill out. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>We would like to invite all individuals who use screen readers and are 18 years or older to take part in the survey. We'd be grateful to anyone who takes part in the survey. Individuals can feel free to broadly share it with others.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Thanks!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Ather Sharif (he/him)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Ph.D. Student | Human-Computer Interaction, Accessibility, Visualization, and Personalization</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>University of Washington, Seattle</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>267.788.0898 (c)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:ather@cs.washington.edu">ather@cs.washington.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://athersharif.me/"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>athersharif.me</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> | </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/athersharif/"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>LinkedIn</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/athersharif"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#DA97FF'>@</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/athersharif"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>athersharif</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",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: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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