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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 class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Are you a blind individual who is interested in sharing your experience working with productivity applications
(e.g. word processors, spreadsheets, presentations etc)?</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">We are a group of researchers from the Inclusive Technologies Group at Monash University conducting research towards enhancing accessibility of productivity
applications for people who are blind. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Productivity applications are often used in our daily lives, at university and in the workplace. However, they can be challenging to access by people
who are blind. Identifying the challenges and providing more accessible applications will allow people who are blind to independently access these applications with benefits for education and employment.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">If you are interested in sharing your experiences, you are invited to respond to a survey:
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://forms.gle/oaJFvahm2iDBHBSt6" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">https://forms.gle/oaJFvahm2iDBHBSt6</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">.
The survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. You will have the opportunity to enter a draw to win one of ten $50 (AUD) worth of gift cards.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Your participation will help enormously with this research and contribute to enhancing accessibility of productivity applications.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">This study has the approval of the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee: Project ID 36443. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Minoli Perera through phone +61406779258 or email
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"><a href="mailto:minoli.perera@monash.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">minoli.perera@monash.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Thanks, </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Student researcher: Minoli Perera</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Chief investigator: Prof. Kimbal Marriott</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Co-investigator: Dr. Cagatay Goncu</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Human-Centered Computing, Faculty of Information Technology, </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Monash University Australia</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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