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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Fyi.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Mollyne Honor
[mailto:mrhonor@LBPH.LIB.MD.US] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 18, 2014 9:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> LBPH_INFO-L@LISTSRV.MSDE.STATE.MD.US<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Universal Access to Mobile Web Browsing through Treeview
Adaptation - Study<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Universal Access to Mobile Web Browsing
through Treeview Adaptation <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>The researchers of the Department of
Information Systems at University of Maryland, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Compensation: Participants that follow the
experimental instructions will receive $20 cash at the end of their study. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Contact: If you are interested, please
contact Judith Uchidiuno at jodili1@umbc.edu and make an appointment for the
study. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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