<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">See below for paid research opportunity<div><br></div><div><br><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Seyoon Choi, he, him, his<br>President | Missouri Association of Blind Students</div><div>Co-chair | National Association of Blind Students Content Creation Committee<br>A proud division of the National Federation of the Blind<br>schoi@nfbmo.org<br>Cell: (314) 650-8306</div></div></div></div></div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Blake, Lou Ann via NFBNet-Members-List" <nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>[Nfbnet-members-list] Blind adults needed for paid research study on data visualization</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">March 6, 2023 at 2:20:33 PM CST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org" <nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Blake, Lou Ann" <LBlake@nfb.org><br></span></div><br><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The below research participant solicitation is being provided for informational purposes only. The National Federation of the Blind has no involvement in this research, but we believe that it may contribute to our research mission.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Invitation to Participate in Research on Improving Accessibility of Data Visualization with, by, and for Blind and Low-Vision People<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 34pt; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">A research team<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">composed<span style=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of blind and sighted scholars at the Unive</span>rsity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="">conducting</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>user studies<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="">on</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>blind individuals’ interactions with the accessible data visualization system that we developed. In this context, an individual’s level of visual impairment is based on The U.S. legal definition of blindness: visual acuity of not greater than 20/200 in the better eye with correction or a field not subtending an angle greater than 20 degrees.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 34pt; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The expected value of this study is that we will get a better sense of the following topics based on blind individuals’ experiences:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 9pt 0in 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The better multi-representation and accessible combinations of sonification, text, and braille patterns for statistical graphs, such as bar plot, heatmap, boxplot, and scatter plot;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Learnability and usability of the accessible visualization system that our research team developed<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Future directions towards more accessible data visualization system and data science education.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 34pt; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Participants’ personal information and data such as name and email collected from the user studies will be systematically removed from the final results. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 34pt; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Participants will receive a $30 Amazon gift card upon completing the up to one-hour and a half user study. Eligible participants for the online interview are those who must:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 9pt 0in 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">be age 18 or older;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">meet the U.S. legal definition of blindness (i.e., visual acuity of not greater than 20/200 in the better eye with correction or a field not subtending an angle greater than 20 degrees);<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">be everyday screen reader users such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, ORCA, etc.;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">have access to either a refreshable braille display or braille notetaker that can be connected to your computer and screen reader.;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">not currently located in China (this is because of the current research protocol restriction)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 34pt; line-height: 16.866667px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">If you are interested in participating, please fill out this Google form</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://forms.gle/roRmM4Z8v7kaX8Rb7" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://forms.gle/roRmM4Z8v7kaX8Rb7</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If you encounter any questions, feel free to contact our team via email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:yilinx2@illinois.edu" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">yilinx2@illinois.edu</a>. Please pass on this information to other suitable candidates who you think may be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">JooYoung Seo (PI), Yilin Xia, and Yu Jun Yam<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lou Ann Blake, J.D.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Director of Research Programs, Blindness Initiatives<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">410-659-9314, extension 2221 |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:lblake@nfb.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: windowtext;">lblake@nfb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://nfb.org/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" width="210" height="76" id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/nfblogo.png" alt="National Federation of the Blind" style="width: 2.1875in; height: 0.7916in;"></span></a><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblind" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/facebook.png" alt="Facebook" style="width: 0.25in; height: 0.25in;"></span></a><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/NFB_Voice" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/twitter.png" alt="Twitter" style="width: 0.25in; height: 0.25in;"></span></a><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/NationsBlind" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/youtube.png" alt="Youtube" style="width: 0.25in; height: 0.25in;"></span></a><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. 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