[nabs-l] experiment to make map info online accessible--please participate!

[Sarah Jevnikar]

I tried it but didn't finish either. The descriptions are terrible. I like
the idea - I think it's a good one but when I'm given clock directions (10
o'clock for example) and then told about the "farther regions" of the 10
o'clock area, I get confused.
Sarah

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From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Antonio Guimaraes
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 10:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] experiment to make map info online
accessible--pleaseparticipate!

Hello,

this is one of the strangest tests I've taken, or tried to take. The survey 
did not do it for me, and I quit right at the beginning.

It seams using text to convey GPS points and directions is cumbersome, and 
uneffective.

Antonio Guimaraes

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas, Kavita E" <tkavita at abdn.ac.uk>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 8:14 AM
Subject: [nabs-l] experiment to make map info online 
accessible--pleaseparticipate!


> Hello,
> We're developing a prototype system which takes numerical data found on 
> maps online (like census data) and communicates it as texts so that it's 
> accessible to the blind and VI community.
> I'm running a final experiment now to find out which texts are most 
> preferred by blind and VI users so that we can implement these in our 
> system, and so I was hoping that you might participate if you're blind or 
> severely visually-impaired. The experiment takes on average half an hour 
> and it's online, so you can do it whenever is best for you, though it 
> needs to be done all in one sitting without taking breaks or pauses in the

> middle. It's also quite repetitive, as you'll be listening to 10 texts and

> answering questions about each of them, but your participation will really

> make a difference and help us to produce texts which make the most sense 
> to blind and VI users in general. Please forward this on to anyone else 
> who you think might be
> willing to participate. The website to go to to take the experiment is:
> http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~tkavita/Experiments/RefFrame/
> Thanks very much,
> Dr Kavita Thomas
> the Atlas.txt project: www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/research/atlas
> Department of Computing Science
> University of Aberdeen
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