[NFB_of_Georgia] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Blind and low vision U.S. citizens age 18 and above needed for study: Accessibility and Usability of Digital Libraries in the Mobile Environment

[Dorothy Griffin]

Information you may be interested in.

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From: Sherry Shirek via NFBNet-Members-List <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>
Date: Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 10:34 PM
Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Blind and low vision U.S. citizens age 18
and above needed for study: Accessibility and Usability of Digital
Libraries in the Mobile Environment
To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org>


Greetings,



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.
  Invitation to Participate in Research on Accessibility and Usability of
Digital Libraries in the Mobile Environment

Are you aged 18 or above? Are you a blind or visually impaired person who
must rely on screen reader to interact with mobile devices? Do you have at
least three years of experience searching for information on the Internet
using any type of mobile device (e.g., iPhone, iPad, Android phone, or
Android tablet)? [no external keyboard is allowed except entering search
terms] Are you comfortable verbalizing your thoughts in English? [your
verbal data will help the research team identify the problems of current
digital library design] Are you willing to install the online meeting
software (Microsoft Teams)? [need to have reliable Internet connection
without using VPN because it will slow down the search speed] If your
response is yes to all, you can earn $100 for participating in a research
study.

Based on the current progress of the user study, the research team needs
the following participants for the study:

iPad group: around 5 male participants (especially male senior participants
who are 50 years old or above)

Android tablet: All types of participants.

A research team comprising blind and sighted scholars at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee is investigating the accessibility and usability of
digital libraries for users who are blind and visually impaired. The goal
is to create digital library design guidelines to improve digital library
design in the mobile environment, supporting blind and visually impaired
people to effectively search for information online via mobile devices.

Study participants will be invited to join the study via an online
Microsoft Teams meeting. Participants will “think aloud” as they search for
information using digital library mobile websites. The search process and
verbalizations will be video-recorded and later analyzed to understand how
well the mobile interfaces support a blind user’s information search.
Participation may take up to three hours at a time convenient to
participants. In addition, participants will be interviewed during and
after the searches. Upon completion of the study, participants will receive
a $100 gift card to compensate for their time and effort and as a token of
appreciation.

If you are interested in participating in the research project, please link
to the following survey:

https://milwaukee.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_51I9xmeH0TXQtgO

If you have any questions, contact Shengang Wang (shengang at uwm.edu).



Sherry Shirek

Project Assistant

200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
<https://www.google.com/maps/search/200+East+Wells+Street,+Baltimore,+MD+21230?entry=gmail&source=g>

410-659-9314, extension 2527 | sshirek at nfb.org





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