[nfbmi-talk] Fw: [VICUG-L] This impacts us all: Seeking participants for project on making American paper money accessible for the blind

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From: "Claude Everett" <ceverett at dslextreme.com>
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Subject: FW: [VICUG-L] This impacts us all: Seeking participants for project 
on making American paper money accessible for the blind


> I ask, why only one location and why for only 8 days!?  Are we so
> insignificant?
>
>
> Claude Everett
> "First of all:  what is work?
> Work is of two kinds:
>  first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface
> relatively to other such matter;
> second, telling other people to do so.
>  The first kind is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and
> highly paid."
> From The collection of essays "In Praise of Idleness" by Bertrand Russell
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List
> [mailto:VICUG-L at LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG] On Behalf Of David Hilbert Poehlman
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 12:42 PM
> To: VICUG-L at LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG
> Subject: [VICUG-L] This impacts us all: Seeking participants for project 
> on
> making American paper money accessible for the blind
>
> Hi all,
>
> Please read the message below carefully and respond appropriately.
> Thanks!
>
> I am a researcher at Westat, a firm in Rockville, Maryland.  We are
> currently working with Lighthouse International on a contract from the
> United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing.  We are testing prototypes
> of American paper money that has tactile cues so that blind people can
> distinguish the value of the bills.
>
> We are seeking participants for this project.
>
> Participation takes ninety minutes.  During the ninety minutes, we ask the
> participants to feel the tactile cues on the bills and tell us what they
> feel.
>
> We are giving participants fifty dollars as a thank you.  We will also
> reimburse participants for travel to and from Rockville.
>
> Participants must be blind to the extent that they cannot distinguish the
> value of existing American paper money by looking at it.
>
> We are running the participants from November 28 to December 5.
>
> If you are interested, or know others who may be interested, please email
> Matthew Bernstein at MatthewBernstein at westat.com or call him at (301)
> 294-2896.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Sid J. Schneider, Ph.D.
> Senior Study Director
> Westat
> 1600 Research Boulevard
> Rockville, Maryland 20850
>
> Voice (301) 517-4113
>
> Schneis1 at westat.com
> www.westat.com
>
> --
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> One Byte At a time
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