[nfbwatlk] FW: Microsoft Usability Research Opportunity

Thu Sep 22 02:36:08 UTC 2011

And they say that private industry is more efficient than the public sector.  Makes one wonder.
On Sep 21, 2011, at 7:28 PM, Mike Freeman wrote:

> Verily, thou speakest truth.
> 
> The Internet headers are so convoluted I almost passed the thing off as
> spam. Frankly, I don't get why MS would be doing this sort of thing when
> they could have all the information they could handle by simply asking the
> NFB in computer science or, for that matter, ACB's equivalent.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of David Andrews
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 6:08 PM
> To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] FW: Microsoft Usability Research Opportunity
> 
> The two things I find ironic about the message, 1. they will pay 
> blind people for testing with inaccessible games, and 2. they 
> consider Narrator to be a screen reader!
> 
> Dave
> 
> At 10:16 PM 9/20/2011, you wrote:
>> Content-Type: multipart/related;
>>        boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0104_01CC77D2.386D33A0"
>> Content-Language: en-us
>> 
>> I cannot verify the authenticity of the message below; the Internet headers
>> indicate a rather convoluted path but the post does seem to originate on
> the
>> Redmond campus. So if someone dares, have a go!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The message is clean, i.e., no viruses.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mike Freeman
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: Courtney Cacabelos (Kelly Services Inc)
>> [mailto:a-courtc at microsoft.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 1:44 PM
>> To: president at nfbw.org
>> Subject: Microsoft Usability Research Opportunity
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> cid:image001.jpg at 01CC2447.5EF982F0
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Greetings!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> My name is Courtney Cacabelos & I work for Microsoft User Research.  We
> have
>> a few upcoming usability research opportunities for legally and completely
>> blind participants and would be extremely grateful for your assistance.  We
>> are hoping you could spread the word by sharing the below information for
>> people you think would be interested in participating.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Here are more of the details & a link to our Facebook page.  Please e-mail
>> me if you have any further questions or would be willing to help spread the
>> message.  Thanks so much!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> www.facebook.com/msftur?ref=ts
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Microsoft User Research is conducting a unique usability study. Our
>> Researchers are inviting blind people to participate and share their
>> feedback and opinions with our Researchers. This is your opportunity to
>> potentially guide and improve current and future Microsoft services and
>> products for our legally blind users. We currently have two upcoming user
>> research studies for people who are legally blind and people who are
>> completely blind.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> This 2- hour user research study will take place from September 20th to
>> September 23rd during normal business hours on Microsoft's Redmond campus.
>> Our coordinators will set up transportation arrangements from the Overlake
>> Transit Center for all scheduled participants. All participants will be
>> offered a choice of new Microsoft software, hardware or games from a
> current
>> list of our most popular titles. If you know anyone else who would be
>> interested in participating, please pass this on to them!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> If you are interested in participating, please send the following
>> information to uccoord at microsoft.com with a subject of "Screen Reading":
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 1. Name/Phone Number:
>> 
>> 2. Job/Company (If applicable)
>> 
>> 3. How do you categorize your blindness?
>> 
>> a. Legally blind (with visual acuity of 20/200 or less with maximum
>> correction)
>> 
>> b. Completely blind
>> 
>> c. Other, please describe
>> 
>> 4. Which screen reading program do you use (ex: VoiceOver, Jaws,
> Narrorator,
>> etc.)?
>> 
>> . How often do you use it?
>> 
>> 5. If scheduled, do you have reliable transportation to the Overlake
> Transit
>> Center?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Interested in other research opportunities? Sign up online at
>> www.microsoft.com/UserResearch to be considered for other research
>> opportunities.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> 
>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>> cid:image001.jpg at 01CB1D1C.FBFB47B0
>> 
>> 
>> Courtney Cacabelos
>> User Research Tactical Recruiter | Kelly Services
>> Microsoft User Research
>> a-courtc at microsoft.com
>> 
>> 
>> <http://www.microsoft.com/userresearch> www.microsoft.com/userresearch
>> 
>> Join Microsoft User Research at
>> <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Microsoft-User-Research/39264578534>
> Facebook
>> <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1500317> LinkedIn
>> <http://twitter.com/msft_listens> Twitter
>> 
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>> 
> 
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