[Missouri-l] Fw: [SFL-L] [BL] Survey to support the social lives of older adults with severe visual impairment (fwd)

[Terrie Arnold]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennison Mark Asuncion" 
<asuncion at alcor.concordia.ca>
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Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 2:24 
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Subject: [SFL-L] [BL] Survey to 
support the social lives of older 
adults with severe visual 
impairment (fwd)


> Hello,
>
>
> While this is off-topic, I 
> figured the research subject 
> matter would be of interest to 
> some folks here.  Please feel 
> free to pass the info along.
>
>
> Jennison
>
> ---------- Forwarded 
> message ----------
> Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 
> 21:50:16 -0000
> From: bburg.bburg 
> <hisijung at gmail.com>
> To: BlinkLink at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [BL] Survey to support 
> the social lives of older adults 
> with severe
>     visual impairment
>
> Dear Mr./Ms.,
>
> Virginia Polytechnic Institute 
> and State University and North 
> Carolina
> State University are conducting 
> research on technologies to 
> support the
> social lives of older adults 
> with severe visual impairments. 
> This
> research is funded by the 
> National Science Foundation.
>
> We are seeking the opinions of 
> adults 55 years of age and older 
> who
> would like to share ideas about 
> areas of their social lives that 
> can be
> helped by technologies.  This 
> survey is for individuals with 
> severe
> visual impairments.  Your level 
> of impairment must be 20/400 or 
> worse,
> and you must be 55 years of age 
> or older.  If you do not fit 
> these
> criteria, please do not complete 
> this survey.  Your feedback will 
> be
> anonymous.  We will not know 
> your names or your contact 
> information.
>
> The link to our online 
> questionnaireis provided below. 
> You may have to
> type the address into your 
> browser if the link does not 
> take you
> directly to the website.
>
> https://survey.vt.edu/survey/entry.jsp?id=1242140703826
> <https://survey.vt.edu/survey/entry.jsp?id=1242140703826>
>
> Please feel free to use an 
> assistant to help to complete 
> the
> questionnaire. Accessibility of 
> the online questionnaire can 
> also be
> enhanced using the following 
> software tools:
>
> 1.  Magnifier (Go to
> Start/Programs/Accessories/Accessibility/Magnifier).
>
> 2.  Optical Character Reader 
> software.
>
> 3.  ViaVoice or Dragon 
> NaturallySpeaking.
>
>
>
> PLEASE SUBMIT THE QUESTIONNAIRE 
> BY MAY 20TH.
>
> This research has been reviewed 
> and approved by the 
> Institutional
> Research Board of Virginia Tech. 
> If you have questions, please 
> contact
> Dr.Tonya Smith-Jackson, Virginia 
> Tech, 
> smithjack at vt.edu,540-231-4119.
>
>
>
>
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