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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<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" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A research team
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">composed<span style="color:black"> of blind and sighted scholars at the Unive</span>rsity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is
<span style="color:black">conducting</span> user studies <span style="color:black">
on</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>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;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>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;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="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;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-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Future directions towards more accessible data visualization system and data science education.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;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.
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;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>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">be age 18 or older;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;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="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;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="line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;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-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;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>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you are interested in participating, please fill out this Google form
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://forms.gle/roRmM4Z8v7kaX8Rb7"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://forms.gle/roRmM4Z8v7kaX8Rb7</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
If you encounter any questions, feel free to contact our team via email: <a href="mailto:yilinx2@illinois.edu">
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>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">JooYoung Seo (PI), Yilin Xia, and Yu Jun Yam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lou Ann Blake, J.D.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director of Research Programs, Blindness Initiatives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">410-659-9314, extension 2221 |
<a href="mailto:lblake@nfb.org"><span style="color:windowtext">lblake@nfb.org</span></a>
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