[Nationalharbor] Fw: [NFBMD] Participants needed for augmented reality magnification study at the University of Maryland, College Park

[Lloyd Rasmussen]

Please do not contact me or Louanne Blake. Instead, work with the contacts below.

Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com

From: Blake, Lou Ann via NFBMD 
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2018 1:06 PM
To: nfbmd at nfbnet.org 
Cc: Blake, Lou Ann 
Subject: [NFBMD] Participants needed for augmented reality magnification study at the University of Maryland, College Park

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.

 

Greetings!

 

Our research team at the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland is studying how to make printed materials more accessible using augmented reality magnification. 

 

We are recruiting participants who are visually impaired and who use a magnification aid (e.g., hand-held or CCTV magnifier) at least some of the time, and who typically do not use a screenreader with smartphones or computers. All participants must be 18 years or older. 

 

You will be asked to complete tasks with a smartphone, and with wearable computing devices. The tasks will be typical of daily activities, such as reading books, mail, or other printed documents. We are also collecting basic demographic information and feedback on the wearable devices. 

 

This study will be two hours long and will be conducted at our lab on the University of Maryland, College Park campus. In some cases, we may be able to arrange a location that is more convenient to you. We will compensate you $30 for your time plus an extra $30 to help cover travel costs if the session is at a location you do not normally visit. You may choose to quit the study at any time. 

 

You can visit the study website to learn more: https://terpconnect.umd.edu/~lstearns/studies/ar-magnification/. If you have any questions or would like to sign up, please contact us by email at lstearns at umd.edu or by phone at 240-472-1030. 

 

Sincerely,

Lee Stearns, MS

Department of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction Lab

University of Maryland, College Park

Email: lstearns at umd.edu, Phone: 240-472-1030

Study website: https://terpconnect.umd.edu/~lstearns/studies/ar-magnification/

 

Lou Ann Blake, J.D.

Deputy Executive Director, Jernigan Institute

200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

(410) 659-9314, extension 2221| lblake at nfb.org 

 

 



 

                                 

 

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