[Nfbmd] Towson University project: please respond to a survey about how you access weather data

[Lazar, Jonathan]

Three undergraduate students, Haley Henderson, Bryan Sizemore, and Robert Weir, are working with Dr. Jonathan Lazar and Dr. Suranjan Chakraborty at Towson University, on building an application that can provide sonified weather map data for blind users. Please respond to a short survey about your usage of weather data. You can send your responses directly to Dr. Lazar at jlazar at towson.edu.

1.	Please rate on a scale of 1-9 (1 being not interested and 9 being Very interested ) your level of interest in meteorology (or weather systems) 



2.	What weather information do you typically look for?




3.	 By what means do you most commonly receive your weather information?
a.	Television
b.	Radio
c.	Internet

4.	Please rate on a scale of 1-9 (1 being not interested and 9 being Very interested ) your level of comfort with each of the following assistive technologies?
a.	Touchpad
b.	Refreshable Braille Displays
c.	Screen readers

5.	What kind of challenges have you experienced with obtaining weather information? Please list them in the space below.



6.	What types of weather information would you like to receive? 






7.	Do you have any experience with tactile overlays? Yes/No. If yes, please state below how much experience do you have?




8.	Do you have any experience with accessible maps? Yes/No. If yes , please state below how much experience you have, and with what types of accessible maps you have experience with.



a.	What enables you to know locations, to know where you are on the map? Please describe in the space below.




9.	What is some information that you want to know more about from a weather map? Please provide your wish list in the space below.