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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><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> nrtc-at-study-request@lists.msstate.edu <nrtc-at-study-request@lists.msstate.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Moody, Sarah<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 8, 2021 12:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> nrtc-at-study@lists.msstate.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [nrtc-at-study] Help with recruitment & a Fast Fact<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hello,</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>While we have closed recruitment for our employed study group (we have 314 completed surveys), we are still seeking participants for our unemployed study group. Criteria for participation are (1) not currently working but being interested in working, (2) age 21 or older, (3) regular use of assistive technology (at least monthly), and (4) not being retired from a career of work. If you know of anyone who qualifies to participate, please let them know about the study! You can share this link to our news item: </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.blind.msstate.edu/news/2021/10/nrtc-continues-recruitment-access-technology-survey" target="_blank"><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://www.blind.msstate.edu/news/2021/10/nrtc-continues-recruitment-access-technology-survey</span></span></a></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We are still in the process of analyzing the data from the surveys you completed, but we wanted to share one bit of information from the study now (referred to as a <i>Fast Fact</i>). </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Employed study group members used between 1 and 22 AT’s on the job, with an average of 7. The most commonly used AT on the job was (not surprisingly) screen reader software. Only 6 people, or less than 2%, did not use a computer on the job.</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We will share more results from the study with you soon!</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Best,</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Michele McDonnall</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>National Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><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'>P.O. 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