[Promotion-technology] FW: Research project assistance

[Sam Joehl]

Hey guys,



So I'm doing a small pilot study my "VizWiz Clothing" project. I'm
utilizing the iPhone application VizWiz <http://vizwiz.org/> where you can
receive answers to visual questions by taking a photo, recording a
question, and sending it to a bank of volunteers or Web workers. This
project will utilize the same application but we're going to have
participants use it just for clothing and fashion related questions.  So
you'll be able to ask any questions you may have about your clothes -
whether it's clothes you own or those you're considering while shopping -
and we'll only send the questions to volunteers who have been designated as
ones comfortable with answering fashion-related questions.



The study will be from Sunday, April 15th to Saturday, April 28th.  It will
involve participants using VizWiz as often as they like within the two week
period, filling out 2 short online surveys at the end of each week, and
calling a number each day to give us feedback via voicemail.  The last
thing may sound like a lot but really it's just a short (or not so short)
message about how it went if you used the service or why you may not have
needed it that day. We want to get a rich set of data and daily
interactions while things are fresh in your mind are very useful.  More
than likely it'll take less than 1 minute to call in.



So if you and/or someone you know is 18 years or older, has an iPhone, is
legally blind, and wants to take part in a fun study then please contact me
via email.  Look forward to hearing from you!




Regards,

Michele Burton

PhD Student, Human-Centered Computing

mburton1 at umbc.edu

www.michele-burton.com