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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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 align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Invitation to Participate in Research on Accessibility and Usability of a Digital Library in Mobile Environment </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Are </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">you blind or visually impaired and age 18 or more? Do you use iPhone 6S or newer (Also iOS 11 later required) non-visually by using VoiceOver? Do you have at least three
years of experience searching for information on the Internet via iPhone? Are you comfortable verbalizing your thoughts in English? Are you willing to install the online meeting software and Library of Congress Digital Collections app (14.7MB)? If your response
is yes to all, you can earn $100 gift card for participating in a research study. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">A research team comprising blind and sighted scholars at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is investigating the accessibility and
usability of a digital library (DL) for users who are blind. The goal is to create digital library design guidelines to design DL in mobile environment that aid blind and visually impaired people in the effective search for information online via iPhone interface.
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<p style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Volunteers chosen as study participants will be invited to join the study via online Teams meeting. Participants will “think aloud” as
they search for specified information using two platforms of a digital library-Mobile web and App. Their search process and verbalizations will be video-recorded and later analyzed to understand how well the mobile interfaces support a blind user’s search
for information. Participation may take up to three hours at a time convenient to the participant. In addition, participants will be interviewed during and after the searches. The complete study might take about 3 hours. Upon completion of the study, the participant
will receive a $100 gift card as a token of appreciation. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If you are interested in participating, or have a question, please contact (email:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">"Shengang
Wang" <</span><span style="color:white"><a href="mailto:shengang@uwm.edu"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">shengang@uwm.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">><b>)</b>.<b> </b>Please<b> </b>reference
project title: <span style="background:white">“Universal Accessibility and Usability of Digital Libraries in the Mobile Environment: Developing design guidelines for blind and visually impaired users </span><b>(</b>IRB#21.095) in the subject line of the email.
Please pass on this information to other suitable candidates who you think may be interested. <b> </b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Iris Xie, Ph.D.<br>
Professor<br>
School of Information Studies<br>
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee<br>
Phone:(414)229-6835 Fax:(414)229-6699<br>
</span><a href="http://people.uwm.edu/hiris/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">http://people.uwm.edu/hiris/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lou Ann Blake, J.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director of Research Programs, Blindness Initiatives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(410) 659-9314, extension 2221 | <a href="mailto:lblake@nfb.org">
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