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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><h2>Research Title: Experiences with conversational LLMs (e.g. ChatGPT) for Blind or Low Vision Users<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Being conducted by: DePaul University<o:p></o:p></p><h2><o:p> </o:p></h2><h2>Purpose of the Study<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>We are asking you to be in a research study because you are blind or low vision and you have encountered or you are aware of conversational large language models. A large language model is a machine learning model that incorporates large amounts of data to create human-like text. We are interested to learn more about how people who are blind or low vision interact with conversational large language models. This study is being conducted by Filipo Sharevski, PhD. We intent to recruit 250 participants for this research.<o:p></o:p></p><h2><o:p> </o:p></h2><h2>Role of the Participants and Anticipated Length of the Study <o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>If you agree to be in this study, you will interact with content that has been generated by a large language model. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>We will also collect some personal information about you such as age, gender, ethnicity/race, education, and visual disability diagnosis. If there is a question you do not want to answer, you may ask us to skip it. You will be also asked if you would like to participate in a follow-up interview regarding experiences, detection, and impacts of deepfakes. Your information will be kept confidential and stored in a secured computer under password protection and with encrypted files. The data will be kept de-identified.<o:p></o:p></p><h2><o:p> </o:p></h2><h2>Proposed Participant Compensation<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Your total time commitment will be around 15 minutes if you participate in the research survey and 45 minutes if you choose the option to do the follow-up interview. The survey participation is voluntary, but the interview will be compensated with a $20 Amazon Gift Card for 45 minutes participation. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><h2><o:p> </o:p></h2><h2>Link or Instructions for Participants to Enter the Study <o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="https://depaul.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dhttNNc3ISVk0YK">https://depaul.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dhttNNc3ISVk0YK</a><o:p></o:p></p><h2><o:p> </o:p></h2><h2>Contact the following individual with any questions <o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal>Filipo Sharevski<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>312-362-1075<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:fsharevs@depaul.edu">fsharevs@depaul.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Mr. Anil Lewis, M.P.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Executive Director <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>410-659-9314 ext. 2374 | <a href="mailto:alewis@nfb.org">alewis@nfb.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nfb.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=210 height=76 style='width:2.1833in;height:.7916in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/nfblogo.png" alt="National Federation of the Blind"></span></a><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblind"><span style='color:#0563C1;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 style='width:.25in;height:.25in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/facebook.png" alt=Facebook></span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NFB_Voice"><span style='color:#0563C1;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 style='width:.25in;height:.25in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/twitter.png" alt=Twitter></span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/NationsBlind"><span style='color:#0563C1;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 style='width:.25in;height:.25in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/email/2/youtube.png" alt=Youtube></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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 they want. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>