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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Fellow Federationists, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is the last call for spring raffle tickets! You have five chances to win $100 and 26 chances to win $50 by purchasing 1 , $5 ticket. Raffle tickets will not be available after April 30. If you want a spring raffle ticket contact your chapter president or contact Melissa Riccobono off-list. Her email address is <a href="mailto:melissa@riccobono.us">melissa@riccobono.us</a>, you may also call her at 410-235-3073. You can’t win if you don’t play! Act today! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please help students from the University of Maryland improve mobile devices for blind persons by enhancing privacy. Please read below and help both the students and the blind community. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My name is Victoria Cepeda, graduate student in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College Park. I'm currently working with a group of students to explore how we can improve privacy for mobile devices for users with visual impairments. To this end, we are looking for people with visual impairments who use their mobile devices on a daily basis. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Participants will be asked to complete a survey, that will also be accessible by screen-readers and will not take more than 30 minutes. At the end, we will ask them if they would like to participate in a follow-up field study. The field study will take up to one to three hours and participants will be compensated $15 (per hour) for their time. Participation is completely voluntary.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To participate, people must be 18 years of age or older and visually impaired (low-vision, completely blind). We encourage people of all genders and ethnicities to participate. People interested in participating can go to <a href="http://ter.ps/8wq">http://ter.ps/8wq</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Sharon Maneki, </b>President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>410-715-9596<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>