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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="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></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Subject: Your Feedback about Self-Driving Vehicles</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Researchers at Clemson University are currently soliciting responses for an online survey to gauge the opinions of people who are blind or low vision regarding
self-driving vehicles. Your participation will help engineers and policymakers better understand the needs and concerns of individuals who are blind or low vision in designing self-driving vehicle technology.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you are an individual who is blind or low vision, we would greatly appreciate your participation. Participants will be entered in a drawing for a $300 gift
card; we anticipate that approximately 1000 people will be entered into the drawing. For additional information regarding the risks and benefits of the survey, or to complete the survey itself, please click the link below. The survey information and the survey
itself are both screen reader accessible:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://clemson.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aXyxv5diwJeaVxj" target="_blank">https://clemson.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aXyxv5diwJeaVxj</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Mengyuan</span><br>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Human-Centered Computing Graduate Researcher</span><br>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">734-353-9819</span><br>
<a href="mailto:mengyuz@clemson.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">mengyuz@clemson.edu</span></a><br>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Clemson University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Stacie Dubnow, J.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Project Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">410-659-9314, extension 2442 |
<a href="mailto:sdubnow@nfb.org">sdubnow@nfb.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://nfb.org/"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="262" height="95" id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/nfblogo.png" alt="National Federation of the Blind"></span></a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblind"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="30" height="30" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/facebook.png" alt="Facebook"></span></a><span style="color:black"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/NFB_Voice"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="30" height="30" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/twitter.png" alt="Twitter"></span></a><span style="color:black"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/NationsBlind"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="30" height="30" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/youtube.png" alt="Youtube"></span></a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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. Every day we work together to
help blind people live the lives they want. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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