Subject: Re: [Wash-at] Braille Transcription Study
From: Alan J. Knue (aknue@u.washington.edu)
Date: Fri May 07 2004 - 15:10:10 PDT
Cheryl- this came from the Wash-at listserv, so you don't need to do
anything. Alan
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From: "Washington Assistive Technology Alliance" <uwat@u.washington.edu>
To: <aknue@washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 2:28 PM
Subject: FW: [Wash-at] Braille Transcription Study
Hi Alan,
Should I post this to the WATA list? Do we know any Braille
transcribers?
Thanks,
Cheryl
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Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 7:07 PM
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Subject: [Wash-at] Braille Transcription Study
Please excuse any cross postings.
Participants Needed for Braille Transcription Study
Researchers on the Tactile Graphics Project at the University of
Washington are conducting a study (funded by the National Science
Foundation; IIS-0335143) to better understand the process for
translating graphical images (i.e., charts and diagrams) to Braille. We
are looking for Braille transcribers to participate in the study.
The study consists of completing an online questionnaire and one 3-hour
observation session. Participants can choose to participate in the first
or both study phases. We encourage anyone who transcribes Braille (in
any format) to complete the online questionnaire. The questionnaire
takes about 20 minutes to complete.
For the observation session, we are looking for participants who
transcribe graphics and text and have completed the online
questionnaire. We will ask participants to describe and demonstrate
their processes for translating/transcribing text and two graphical
images to Braille. We will observe and interview participants within
their work or home environments, ask participants to share transcription
artifacts (e.g., original and Braille versions of one graphic), take
photographs of their computer screens, and make audio-video recordings
of the session for subsequent analysis. We are seeking Braille
transcribers who have at least one year of experience transcribing text
and graphical images.
We will compensate participants with a $5.00 Amazon gift certificate for
completing the questionnaire and $36 for completing the observation
session.
If you are interested in participating in this study, please contact us
at tgstudy@u.washington.edu; include "Braille Transcription Study" in
the subject line of the email message.
Please remember that we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any
information sent by e-mail.
We also maintain a subject database of people who are Braille
transcribers or blind in the Seattle area. When researchers on the
project conduct a study, they recruit participants by emailing people
from this database. Signing up to be in the database in no way obligates
you to participate in any particular study. You can always decline to
participate. If you wish to be included in the subject database, please
include that information in the body of your email. If you would like to
be added to our subject database, even if you are unable to participate
in the current study, please feel free to send us an email message to
tgstudy@u.washington.edu so that we can include you in the subject
database. Please remember that we cannot guarantee the confidentiality
of any information that is sent by e-mail. Participants will not be
contacted without their consent or against their wishes.
Please visit our web site at
http://tactilegraphics.ischool.washington.edu for additional
information.
Thank you
Beverly Slabosky
Tactile Graphics Project
University of Washington
tgstudy@u.washington.edu
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