[nfbcs] FW: Looking for blind developers to participate in a study (phone/Skype interview)

[Louis Maher]

-----Original Message-----
From: Maher, Louis J [mailto:louis.j.maher at exxonmobil.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:01 AM
To: ljmaher at swbell.net
Subject: FW: Looking for blind developers to participate in a study
(phone/Skype interview)



Regards
Louis Maher
GGA/UTC Applications/UTC/UIT/ExxonMobil Technical Computing Company
3 Greenway Plaza, Room GSC-GW3-629A 
Houston, Texas 77046-3604
713-431-4876 (office)
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louis.j.maher at ExxonMobil.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Suzanne Balik [mailto:spbalik at ncsu.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:41 AM
To: Maher, Louis J
Cc: Sean Mealin
Subject: Fwd: Looking for blind developers to participate in a study
(phone/Skype interview)

Hello Louis,

We met back in 2005 at the NFB GAMA conference. I hope you are doing
well. I am still interested in accessibility issues for blind
programmers and students and have been working with several blind
computer science students on research projects. One of the students,
Sean Mealin, is currently taking a software engineering course and
researching issues related to software development by blind
programmers.  Would you be willing to talk with Sean, whom I've copied
on this email, about these issues? More details about the study are
listed in Sean's forwarded email below. The intent is to publish the
findings in a conference paper which is a great way to make more
people aware of the challenges faced by and the contributions made by
blind software developers. I hope you will be willing to participate.

Thank you,
Suzanne
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Suzanne Balik        Lecturer, CSC 116 Coordinator
DAN  210               Computer Science Dept.,  Box 8206
(919) 515-3654      NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8206
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~spbalik






---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sean Mealin <spmealin at ncsu.edu>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:05:18 -0500
Subject: Looking for blind developers to participate in a study
(phone/Skype interview)
To: program-l at freelists.org
Cc: spmealin <spmealin at ncsu.edu>, Emerson Murphy-Hill <emerson at csc.ncsu.edu>

Hi all,

My name is Sean Mealin.  I am a completely blind student in the
Computer Science Department at North Carolina State University.  I am
collaborating with Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill
(http://people.engr.ncsu.edu/ermurph3/) on a study of the unique
challenges and opportunities faced by legally blind software
developers.  Our goals are to understand:
- What tools are useful to the blind developer and why?
- What roles do blind developers play in the software development process?
- What challenges are faced by the blind developer, and how are they
overcome?
- What unique perspectives/skills do blind developers contribute?

We are seeking legally blind developers who develop software (in any
capacity, such as programming, testing, or project management) for at
least 20 hours per week.  This study will consist of a simple
interview over the phone or Skype that will take place sometime over
the next two to three weeks.

If you are interested, or would like more information, please let me
know.  You can email me at spmealin at ncsu.edu.

Please feel free to distribute this email to any blind developer who
you think may be interested.

Thank you

Sean Mealin


--
Sean Mealin
spmealin at ncsu.edu
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~spmealin/



--
Sean Mealin
spmealin at ncsu.edu
(336) 772-2507
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~spmealin/