[Nationalharbor] FW: Universal Access to Mobile Web Browsing through Treeview Adaptation - Study

[Michelle Clark]

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From: Mollyne Honor [mailto:mrhonor at LBPH.LIB.MD.US] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 9:25 AM
To: LBPH_INFO-L at LISTSRV.MSDE.STATE.MD.US
Subject: Universal Access to Mobile Web Browsing through Treeview Adaptation
- Study

 

Universal Access to Mobile Web Browsing through Treeview Adaptation 

The researchers of the Department of Information Systems at University of
Maryland, 

Baltimore County (UMBC) are conducting a research study funded by National
Science Foundation on how to improve Web content browsing on mobile phones
both for blind and sighted participants. This study has already been
approved by IRB at UMBC. 

We have developed a mobile application that can automatically change the
presentation and navigation of traditional web pages to improve web
navigation for blind users. To evaluate the effectiveness of the developed
application and solicit users' feedback, we would like to invite users that
meet the following requirements to participate in our evaluation study,
which will be held either in the Room 448 on the 4th floor of the ITE
building at UMBC or at any other agreed locations, whichever is convenient
to the participants. 

Qualification: A qualified participant must 1) be blind and use
text-to-speech screen reader as the primary method of navigating a smart
phone, 2) be at least 18 years old, and 3) have prior experience of Web
browsing on a mobile phone. 

What you will do in the study: Participants will be asked to use a mobile
device (will be provided by researchers) equipped with the developed mobile
application to browse some Web pages and identify answers to a set of
fact-oriented questions. Then, participants will fill out a questionnaire
about their perception of the used mobile web systems, and answer some
interview questions at the end of the study to give researchers some
feedback on how to further improve the system to help users more. The entire
study is expected to last about 1.5 hours. There are little risks to
participants. 

Compensation: Participants that follow the experimental instructions will
receive $20 cash at the end of their study. 

Contact: If you are interested, please contact Judith Uchidiuno at
jodili1 at umbc.edu and make an appointment for the study. 

 

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