<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Catherine Feng via New-York-News <<a href="mailto:new-york-news@nfbnet.org">new-york-news@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> August 29, 2016 at 6:51:36 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:new-york-news@nfbnet.org">new-york-news@nfbnet.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:new-york-news@nfbnet.org">new-york-news@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[New-york-news] Opportunity to Participate in Accessibility Research at Cornell Tech [From August 30 to September 20]</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Catherine Feng <<a href="mailto:cf422@cornell.edu">cf422@cornell.edu</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Hello everyone,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">We are a group of researchers from the Enhancing Ability Lab at Cornell Tech, Cornell University</span>’<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">s new campus located in NYC. Our lab is working on assistive technologies. Currently,
we are working on developing always-available interaction technologies to make it safer and easier for people with visual impairments to access information on the go. We are seeking participants for one of our user studies that will help us develop these technologies.
The study will only consist of one session. Please see below for details about the study.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT;">Objective</span></b><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">: Study and improve how blind people use their mobile phones on the go.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT;">Participation criteria</span></b><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">: Must be at least 18 years old, and regularly use smartphones with screen readers (<i>e.g.,</i> TalkBack or VoiceOver). All tasks in the study
should be low excursion.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT;">Duration</span></b><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">: Approximately 1-2 hours.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT;">Location</span></b><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">: 111 8th Ave, New York, NY 10011</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Compensation:</span></b><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"> As a token of our appreciation, all participants will be compensated with $30 in cash. We will additionally pay up to $30 for transportation expenses if participants
require assistance with transportation to the location of the study and provide us with a receipt.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT;">Contact</span></b><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">: Please contact us at <a href="mailto:cf422@cornell.edu">cf422@cornell.edu</a> (Catherine Feng) to schedule a time if you are interested in participating, and/or have questions about the user study.
Times are flexible.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">We look forward to meeting with you and learning from your experiences!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Best,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Catherine Feng</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Research Intern, </span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12pt;">Enhancing Ability Lab</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12pt;">Cornell Tech</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12pt;">Address: 111 8th Ave #302, New York, NY 10011</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12pt;">email: <a href="mailto:cf422@cornell.edu">cf422@cornell.edu</a></span></p>
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