I know nothing more about this than what's posted here.
Rachel
From: 	Molly Jow <[log in to unmask]>
My name is Molly Jow, I'm a student research assistant to Sri Kurniawan,
a professor from the Engineering Department and a head of the Assistive
Technology Lab at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Sri has
received a National Science Foundationgrant to develop an electronic
documentformatting and layout helper for blind persons that can be used
as a tool by blind persons to fix their document formatting and layout
or as an education tool for blind students to learn about formatting and
layout. As a part of the research for this project, we are gathering
input from blind authors about the strategies used to format formal
electronic work and the common errors that screen readers tend to miss.
I'm emailing to request your help with this project. Would you be
willing to assist us by responding to the questions below? Your
contribution would be very useful and appreciated. Thank you so much for
your time.

Best regards,
Molly Jow


Interview Questions:

1. What is your occupation?
2. Please describe your vision impairment.
3. Have you had this vision impairment your entire life?
4. What kind of formal documents do you work with?
5. Please describe the procedure you use to format formal documents.
6. What kind of assistive technology do you use, if any?
7. What are some common formatting and layout problems or difficulties
you experience?
8. What are the most common formatting and layout errors you make?
9. What kind of informal documents do you work with?
10. If you use a different kind of procedure to format these documents,
please describe it.
11. What would be the most helpful thing that technology could do for
you in regards to formatting and layout of electronic written work?
12. Is there any other information that you think would be relevant or
useful for us to know?


Again, thanks for your time and input!


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