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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 style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are researchers from the Center for Accessibility and Inclusion Research at the Rochester Institute of Technology and TU Dublin conducting a research survey on the use of accessibility
overlays. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are seeking insights from blind and low vision computer users who are 18 years or older about experiences using accessibility overlays. We are offering a raffle of $100 to a winner
drawn from up to 2000 survey respondents. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Accessibility Overlays are a broad term for technologies that aim to improve the accessibility of a website. Some claim to fix any problems in the site’s code that are preventing
assistive technology from being used easily. Examples include; AccessiBe, UserWay and EqualWeb. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please find link to survey here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://rit.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2sG2yZYSVEqhUcm"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#1155CC;background:white">Accessibility Overlays</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you have used accessibility overlays, you may qualify for this study. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For questions or inquiries about this research, please contact Tlamelo Makati at
</span><a href="mailto:txmgbl@rit.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">txmgbl@rit.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">Sherry Shirek</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">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
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