[Nfbmd] Survey for Blind Users on Impact of Website and Software Updates and Changes

[Lazar, Jonathan]

My name is Dr. Brian Wentz, and I am an Associate Professor of Management Information Systems at Shippensburg University.  I and Dr. Jonathan Lazar, a Professor of Computer and Information Sciences at Towson University, are conducting a web-based survey with users who are blind to learn more about the impact that website, software, and mobile app updates can have on accessibility and use. The goal of this research is to compile data regarding the experiences and problems that blind users encounter that are related to new versions and updates of apps, software and websites. We are looking for blind participants who are 18 years of age and older to assist us with this survey.

Survey participants will complete a web-based survey that will take you between 15 and 45 minutes to complete. The survey will ask you questions about the devices that you use to access software and the Web as well as experiences and preferences related to software and website updates, new versions of software and websites, and security updates.

Participation in this study is voluntary, and you are at liberty to withdraw your consent to the experiment and discontinue participation at any time without prejudice. Personal information or accounts will not be used at any time. You will be entered in a drawing to win one of 4 $25 gift cards.

All information will remain strictly confidential, and once it is coded the original information will be stored in a locked location in my office at Shippensburg University.

The survey will be active during June and July, and the following is the link to the web-based survey: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2162778/Survey-of-Versions-and-Updates-and-Their-Impact-on-Accessibility

Dr. Brian Wentz
Associate Professor of Management Information Systems
Shippensburg University
1871 Old Main Drive
Shippensburg, PA  17257
717-477-1601
bwentz at ship.edu<mailto:bwentz at ship.edu>




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