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<p class="MsoNormal">FYI<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Tracy Soforenko [mailto:tracy.soforenko@gmail.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 2, 2018 2:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> patnaude.sarah@yahoo.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> John halverson <jwh100@outlook.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Fwd: Participants needed for augmented reality magnification research at the University of Maryland, College Park<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Sara – please put this out on the ‘NFB of Virginia announce. John – please provide this to the Potomac list.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tracy Soforenko <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com">Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">202-285-4595<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>From:</b> "Blake, Lou Ann" <<a href="mailto:LBlake@nfb.org">LBlake@nfb.org</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> April 2, 2018 at 1:17:36 PM EDT<br>
<b>To:</b> "State President, Virginia" <<a href="mailto:tracy.soforenko@gmail.com">tracy.soforenko@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Participants needed for augmented reality magnification research at the University of Maryland, College Park</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Tracy,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would appreciate it if you could post the below announcement to the NFB of Virginia and Potomac Chapter email lists. This research has been approved by our research advisory council. Thank you very much!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lou Ann<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Greetings!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Our research team at the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland is studying how to make printed materials more accessible using augmented reality magnification. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">We are recruiting participants who are visually impaired and who use a magnification aid (e.g., hand-held or CCTV magnifier) at least some of the time, and who typically do not use a screenreader with smartphones
or computers. All participants must be 18 years or older. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">You will be asked to complete tasks with a smartphone, and with wearable computing devices. The tasks will be typical of daily activities, such as reading books, mail, or other printed documents. We are also
collecting basic demographic information and feedback on the wearable devices. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">This study will be two hours long and will be conducted at our lab on the University of Maryland, College Park campus. In some cases, we may be able to arrange a location that is more convenient to you. We will
compensate you $30 for your time plus an extra $30 to help cover travel costs if the session is at a location you do not normally visit. You may choose to quit the study at any time. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">You can visit the study website to learn more: </span><a href="https://terpconnect.umd.edu/~lstearns/studies/ar-magnification/" target="_blank">https://terpconnect.umd.edu/~lstearns/studies/ar-magnification/</a><span style="color:#212121">.
If you have any questions or would like to sign up, please contact us by email at </span><a href="mailto:lstearns@umd.edu" target="_blank">lstearns@umd.edu</a><span style="color:#212121"> or by phone at </span><a href="tel:(240)%20472-1030" target="_blank">240-472-1030</a><span style="color:#212121">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Lee Stearns, MS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Department of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction Lab</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">University of Maryland, College Park</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Email: </span><a href="mailto:lstearns@umd.edu" target="_blank">lstearns@umd.edu</a><span style="color:#212121">, Phone: </span><a href="tel:(240)%20472-1030" target="_blank">240-472-1030</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Study website: </span><a href="https://terpconnect.umd.edu/~lstearns/studies/ar-magnification/" target="_blank">https://terpconnect.umd.edu/~lstearns/studies/ar-magnification/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lou Ann Blake, J.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Deputy Executive Director, Jernigan Institute<o:p></o:p></p>
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