[nobe-l] Blind Doctoral Student Finishing Dissertation - Need Help for the Final Study

Fri Sep 9 16:02:38 UTC 2016

I appreciate all of the positive comments and support I've been receiving
about my survey.
To start this project I evaluated the top 150 retail websites in 2015 and
2016 against W3CG 2.0. I used both the Sort Site and WAVE tools to ensure
any variance in the results could be attributed to the evaluation software
and not the website itself. Some retailers have improved, some have gotten
worse, and most have stayed about the same. I selected these tools for the
evaluation because they don't take into account the functional differences
between screen-reading software, operating system, internet program, or user
settings/preferences. It's a blanket approach that could unfortunately not
be used to design a survey for the entire blind and vision impaired
community. I'm not a programmer or website designer, and the survey software
is telling me that the survey is accessible as it can be. This being said, I
don't wish for anyone to have difficulty, so please let me know what
problems you're experiencing and I can pass them along to those who may be
able to remedy the problem. By alerting the programmers of the problems
perhaps future studies can be made more accessible with the variety of
programs and options that exist.

Again, thank you for your kind consideration and participation.

Alex Cohen 

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Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Blind Doctoral Student Finishing Dissertation - Need
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Adrijana,

To Dave's point, this does not sound like an accessibility issue as much as
it sounds like an issue either with the version of NVDA that you are
running, the search engine you might be using, or the settings on your
computer. I had no problem reading the survey, all of the questions and
answers, with JAWS 16, Windows 10 and using IE as my search engine.

I agree with David that all too often many of us in the community want to
play the same old record we are all comfortable playing and say  something
is not accessible. We, as stakeholders in this game, need to be sure what we
are talking about. now that being said, we still face a world that is not
nearly as accessible as it should be, and that makes it even harder to
blankly say that something is inaccessible when so many things out there are
striving to be these days.

Perhaps you can take Alex up on his offer of contacting him to discuss your
issues and see what suggestions he has to help you work through the glitches
you are experiencing. He is very responsive and able to communicate with
each of us, which I say from personal experience.

Peace and to be continued...

Albert
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Help for the Final Study

Sorry, I think you misunderstood me. I have no problem with choosing the
options from the combo boxes. The options are readable to me and I could
choose whichever I want, my problem is that I can't read the questions, so I
will not know what I am choosing.

On 9/9/16, Albert Rizzi via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Dave,
>
> While I did not use NVDA, I did take the survey and I was able to 
> complete the survey. I agree that sometimes we are all too fast, as a 
> community, to claim something is inaccessible when in fact it might be 
> due to a problem with a search engine being used, or in most 
> instances, not having the most current software needed to navigate 
> newer programs such as server monkey, server gizmo or the one that Alex
used.
>
> I found it usable enough, and am sure there is room for improvement, 
> but it worked well enough that I felt confident enough to share it on 
> My Blind Spot's social media platforms as well as a few other chat 
> groups I belong to.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NOBE-L [mailto:nobe-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David 
> Andrews via NOBE-L
> Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 9:59 PM
> To: National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List 
> <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Blind Doctoral Student Finishing Dissertation - 
> Need Help for the Final Study
>
> If I understand your complaint, what you point out isn't 
> inaccessibility. I think you were saying you could only choose what was in
the combo boxes.
> That is the way the survey was designed. He was looking for specific 
> kinds of answers, not open-ended free-flow answers.
>
> If something doesn't work for us, as blind persons, we can be quick to 
> say it is inaccessible. While accessibility is a serious problem, we 
> need to ensure that it is true before calling someone out in public.
>
> Dave
>
> At 04:11 AM 9/8/2016, you wrote:
>>Sorry, but the page itself is a bit inaccessible with NVDA when I 
>>tried reading  the questions from, could only select what is in the 
>>combo box. I suggest you improve the accessibility of that page before 
>>you proceed
>>
>>On 9/8/16, Alex Cohen via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> > Good Evening,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > My name is Alex Cohen and I am a Ph.D. Candidate in marketing at 
>> > Drexel University working hard to complete my dissertation.
>> >
>> > I need some help getting participants for the final study, and I 
>> > would be grateful for your kind assistance. It will only take a few 
>> > minutes. I promise!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > This is a two in one study where vision impaired participants 
>> > answer questions about online accessibility issues, and normally 
>> > sighted participants answer questions about negative word of mouth 
>> > regarding accessibility issues. As a "thank you" for your 
>> > participation, a $2 donation will be made to the vision impairment 
>> > organization of your choice (including the NFB). Blind and vision 
>> > impaired participants are encouraged to share this link with other 
>> > blind and vision impaired individuals, and three or four normally 
>> > sighted people you know who would be willing to participate in a 
>> > five minute research survey.
>> >
>> > Please contact Alex Cohen at ahc43 at drexel.edu with any questions or 
>> > comments. Thank You! The link below will remain active until the 
>> > targeted number of responses is received.
>> >
>> > Please use the following link to begin the survey.
>> > https://drexel.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_abBLThH3nfhmyxv
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Warmest Personal Regards,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Alex Cohen
>> >
>> > Ph.D. Candidate
>> >
>> > Marketing Department
>> >
>> > LeBow College of Business
>> >
>> > Drexel University
>
>
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