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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal>Please take a moment to complete this survey regarding touch screen accessibility. I’ve taken it myself. This research is very exciting and good news for the blind.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Todd<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>With digital/physical interfaces (touchpads and touchscreens) growing in popularity, we know that accessibility is becoming harder for people with low vision or blindness.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>I am a part of a graduate student consulting project to help a technology startup in their development of accessibility apps and products for the blind and low vision communities. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our team is helping to launch an app which will improve physical/digital access by not only recognizing visually-labeled buttons on a keypad, but by verbally announcing which button the user’s finger is currently on.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have been conducting one-on-one interviews with blind and low-vision individuals in an attempt to better understand the challenges facing those with visual impairment and what features. Here is the 3-minute survey link:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://forms.gle/jXbsZiaX1EdJD5i89">https://forms.gle/jXbsZiaX1EdJD5i89</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Christina Gray Stetson</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>MBA Candidate, Suffolk University, Sawyer Business School<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:cstetson2@su.suffolk.edu">cstetson2@su.suffolk.edu</a> I <a href="tel:614-256-5434" target="_blank">614-256-5434</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>