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Please forward this to as many people who might be willing and able to help
us!!

Fill out the Feel Free Survey before March 25th and be one of the ten
winners of an oversized tactile world map!

Objective research is needed to better understand how tactile graphics can
be best used for learning, and how they can be read and comprehended most
efficiently and effectively.

Your expertise and help is needed. If you are totally blind or have less
than five percent of vision remaining, your participation is requested. Or,
if you know someone who fits the criteria and may be willing to help,
please tell them about the survey.

Fill out our survey by clicking on the link below. It will take you
approximately 15 to 20 minutes. If you have problems completing the survey
on the web, please reply to this email and we will be happy to provide you
with a text version of the survey (by request, surveys can also be
completed over the telephone).  Everyone who completes a survey will be
eligible to win an oversized tactile world map.

http://feelfree.seallife.info

The feel Free Project is a scientific research project aimed at developing
teaching methods and materials to help blind people read and understand
tactile graphics even if they do not read braille. The project, running
from November 2003 to August 2004, is carried out by Suzanne van den
Bercken, student in educational sciences at Utrecht University (the
Netherlands).

Tactile graphics teaching materials should be designed to best suit the
needs of those who use them. This research is needed to better understand
those needs, as well as user preferences in reading tactile graphics.

We need to know your thoughts about tactile graphics. Do you need them?
Have you ever used tactile graphics? For what do you use them? Where do you
use them and when do you use them? Please, provide us with your knowledge
and your point of view regarding tactile graphics and help us to develop
teaching materials that fit to your needs.

Suzanne M. van den Bercken

On the web: http://feelfree.seallife.info
E-mail to: [log in to unmask]


Suzanne M. van den Bercken

Seal Life
On the web: http://www.seallife.info
E-mail to: [log in to unmask]
On MSN: SealFreak
On ICQ: 284380164

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