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From: kathomas@uni-bremen.de
Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 5:03AM
Subject: web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
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Dear All,
The DiaSpace project in Bremen is running a quick (15 minute) online
web study into how people give route instructions in dialogue. The
goal is that our findings will help us develop more responsive
wayfinding systems so that people who can't manually control their
wheelchairs can interact via dialogue instead. Another application
which we're working on is about helping elderly people find objects in
their home by describing where they are in an understandable way.
Please participate, and just as important, please forward this email
on to your friends! We're really having a hard time getting enough
participants who are native English speakers, as DiaSpace is based in
Germany. The only conditions for participation are that participants
be native or very fluent speakers of English and 18 years old or
older. Here's the link to the experiment:
http://kognition.informatik.uni-bremen.de/diaspace/CR/
The experiment only takes 15 minutes, and if you're using Windows
Vista, you'll need to run it on Firefox, as it won't work on Internet
Explorer for Vista. (It works on Internet Explorer for other operating
systems than Vista though.)
Thanks very much for your help, and please feel free to send any
questions about this experiment or research to;
Dr Kavita Thomas
= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
the DiaSpace project:
www.diaspace.org
University of Bremen
From: Carin Headrick
Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 3:30PM
Subject: Re: web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
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Hmmm. Will a blind person be able to participate? It talks about maps and arrows.
Carin
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Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 6:03 AM
Subject: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
Dear All,
The DiaSpace project in Bremen is running a quick (15 minute) online
web study into how people give route instructions in dialogue. The
goal is that our findings will help us develop more responsive
wayfinding systems so that people who can't manually control their
wheelchairs can interact via dialogue instead. Another application
which we're working on is about helping elderly people find objects in
their home by describing where they are in an understandable way.
Please participate, and just as important, please forward this email
on to your friends! We're really having a hard time getting enough
participants who are native English speakers, as DiaSpace is based in
Germany. The only conditions for participation are that participants
be native or very fluent speakers of English and 18 years old or
older. Here's the link to the experiment:
http://kognition.informatik.uni-bremen.de/diaspace/CR/
The experiment only takes 15 minutes, and if you're using Windows
Vista, you'll need to run it on Firefox, as it won't work on Internet
Explorer for Vista. (It works on Internet Explorer for other operating
systems than Vista though.)
Thanks very much for your help, and please feel free to send any
questions about this experiment or research to;
Dr Kavita Thomas
= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
the DiaSpace project:
www.diaspace.org
University of Bremen
From: J. B-Vincent
Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 3:51PM
Subject: Re: web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
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I participated this morning. It definitely requires being able to look at several images, so it would not be screen-reader friendly. There are also various objects distinguished only by color, so some people with color blindness might not be able to complete it either. That said, it's an interesting exercise and pretty fast to go through.
--Jane Vincent, Center for Accessible Technology
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 1:29 PM
Hmmm. Will a blind person be able to participate? It talks about maps and arrows.
Carin
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Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 6:03 AM
Subject: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
Dear All,
The DiaSpace project in Bremen is running a quick (15 minute) online
web study into how people give route instructions in dialogue. The
goal is that our findings will help us develop more responsive
wayfinding systems so that people who can't manually control their
wheelchairs can interact via dialogue instead. Another application
which we're working on is about helping elderly people find objects in
their home by describing where they are in an understandable way.
Please participate, and just as important, please forward this email
on to your friends! We're really having a hard time getting enough
participants who are native English speakers, as DiaSpace is based in
Germany. The only conditions for participation are that participants
be native or very fluent speakers of English and 18 years old or
older. Here's the link to the experiment:
http://kognition.informatik.uni-bremen.de/diaspace/CR/
The experiment only takes 15 minutes, and if you're using Windows
Vista, you'll need to run it on Firefox, as it won't work on Internet
Explorer for Vista. (It works on Internet Explorer for other operating
systems than Vista though.)
Thanks very much for your help, and please feel free to send any
questions about this experiment or research to;
Dr Kavita Thomas
= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
the DiaSpace project:
www.diaspace.org
University of Bremen
From: Geof Collis
Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 4:00PM
Subject: Re: web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
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Which begs the question why not? Dont blind people need wayfinding?
At 04:51 PM 3/22/2010, you wrote:
>I participated this morning. It definitely requires being able to
>look at several images, so it would not be screen-reader friendly.
>There are also various objects distinguished only by color, so some
>people with color blindness might not be able to complete it either.
>That said, it's an interesting exercise and pretty fast to go through.
>
>--Jane Vincent, Center for Accessible Technology
>
>--- On Mon, 3/22/10, Carin Headrick < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>From: Carin Headrick < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
>To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 1:29 PM
>
>Hmmm. Will a blind person be able to participate? It talks about
>maps and arrows.
>
>Carin
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>To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 6:03 AM
>Subject: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
>
>
>Dear All,
>
>The DiaSpace project in Bremen is running a quick (15 minute) online
>web study into how people give route instructions in dialogue. The
>goal is that our findings will help us develop more responsive
>wayfinding systems so that people who can't manually control their
>wheelchairs can interact via dialogue instead. Another application
>which we're working on is about helping elderly people find objects in
>their home by describing where they are in an understandable way.
>
>Please participate, and just as important, please forward this email
>on to your friends! We're really having a hard time getting enough
>participants who are native English speakers, as DiaSpace is based in
>Germany. The only conditions for participation are that participants
>be native or very fluent speakers of English and 18 years old or
>older. Here's the link to the experiment:
>
>http://kognition.informatik.uni-bremen.de/diaspace/CR/
>
>The experiment only takes 15 minutes, and if you're using Windows
>Vista, you'll need to run it on Firefox, as it won't work on Internet
>Explorer for Vista. (It works on Internet Explorer for other operating
>systems than Vista though.)
>
>Thanks very much for your help, and please feel free to send any
>questions about this experiment or research to;
>Dr Kavita Thomas
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>the DiaSpace project:
>www.diaspace.org
>University of Bremen
>
>
From: J. B-Vincent
Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 4:06PM
Subject: Re: web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
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Geof: The purpose of the study is to get examples of how (sighted) people provide directions. But I agree, it would have been more valuable if blind individuals could have provided input as well.
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From: Geof Collis < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 1:59 PM
Which begs the question why not? Dont blind people need wayfinding?
At 04:51 PM 3/22/2010, you wrote:
>I participated this morning. It definitely requires being able to
>look at several images, so it would not be screen-reader friendly.
>There are also various objects distinguished only by color, so some
>people with color blindness might not be able to complete it either.
>That said, it's an interesting exercise and pretty fast to go through.
>
>--Jane Vincent, Center for Accessible Technology
>
>--- On Mon, 3/22/10, Carin Headrick < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>From: Carin Headrick < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
>To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 1:29 PM
>
>Hmmm. Will a blind person be able to participate? It talks about
>maps and arrows.
>
>Carin
>----- Original Message -----
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>To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 6:03 AM
>Subject: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
>
>
>Dear All,
>
>The DiaSpace project in Bremen is running a quick (15 minute) online
>web study into how people give route instructions in dialogue. The
>goal is that our findings will help us develop more responsive
>wayfinding systems so that people who can't manually control their
>wheelchairs can interact via dialogue instead. Another application
>which we're working on is about helping elderly people find objects in
>their home by describing where they are in an understandable way.
>
>Please participate, and just as important, please forward this email
>on to your friends! We're really having a hard time getting enough
>participants who are native English speakers, as DiaSpace is based in
>Germany. The only conditions for participation are that participants
>be native or very fluent speakers of English and 18 years old or
>older. Here's the link to the experiment:
>
>http://kognition.informatik.uni-bremen.de/diaspace/CR/
>
>The experiment only takes 15 minutes, and if you're using Windows
>Vista, you'll need to run it on Firefox, as it won't work on Internet
>Explorer for Vista. (It works on Internet Explorer for other operating
>systems than Vista though.)
>
>Thanks very much for your help, and please feel free to send any
>questions about this experiment or research to;
>Dr Kavita Thomas
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>the DiaSpace project:
>www.diaspace.org
>University of Bremen
>
>
From: Carin Headrick
Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 4:09PM
Subject: Re: web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
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Yeah I tried to participate and had to tell the person I was paired up with that I could not continue. It would be cool if they could set something up where there could be sound-based cues, but that would probably be too involved for a study. It's a neat idea, I'm just sad that I can't help out, especially since I know they're struggling to find participants.
Carin
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From: Geof Collis
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding,please participate!
Which begs the question why not? Dont blind people need wayfinding?
At 04:51 PM 3/22/2010, you wrote:
>I participated this morning. It definitely requires being able to
>look at several images, so it would not be screen-reader friendly.
>There are also various objects distinguished only by color, so some
>people with color blindness might not be able to complete it either.
>That said, it's an interesting exercise and pretty fast to go through.
>
>--Jane Vincent, Center for Accessible Technology
>
>--- On Mon, 3/22/10, Carin Headrick < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>From: Carin Headrick < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
>To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 1:29 PM
>
>Hmmm. Will a blind person be able to participate? It talks about
>maps and arrows.
>
>Carin
>----- Original Message -----
>From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 6:03 AM
>Subject: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
>
>
>Dear All,
>
>The DiaSpace project in Bremen is running a quick (15 minute) online
>web study into how people give route instructions in dialogue. The
>goal is that our findings will help us develop more responsive
>wayfinding systems so that people who can't manually control their
>wheelchairs can interact via dialogue instead. Another application
>which we're working on is about helping elderly people find objects in
>their home by describing where they are in an understandable way.
>
>Please participate, and just as important, please forward this email
>on to your friends! We're really having a hard time getting enough
>participants who are native English speakers, as DiaSpace is based in
>Germany. The only conditions for participation are that participants
>be native or very fluent speakers of English and 18 years old or
>older. Here's the link to the experiment:
>
>http://kognition.informatik.uni-bremen.de/diaspace/CR/
>
>The experiment only takes 15 minutes, and if you're using Windows
>Vista, you'll need to run it on Firefox, as it won't work on Internet
>Explorer for Vista. (It works on Internet Explorer for other operating
>systems than Vista though.)
>
>Thanks very much for your help, and please feel free to send any
>questions about this experiment or research to;
>Dr Kavita Thomas
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>the DiaSpace project:
>www.diaspace.org
>University of Bremen
>
>
From: Geof Collis
Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 4:30PM
Subject: Re: web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
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Hi J :O)
Even more reason why blind should have been included from the get go.
My wife even has trouble trying to explain to me directions.
Perhaps this is just WCAG 1.0 , or Wayfinding Content Accessibility
Guidelines . :O)
cheers
Geof
At 05:06 PM 3/22/2010, you wrote:
>Geof: The purpose of the study is to get examples of how (sighted)
>people provide directions. But I agree, it would have been more
>valuable if blind individuals could have provided input as well.
>
>--- On Mon, 3/22/10, Geof Collis < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>From: Geof Collis < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
>To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 1:59 PM
>
>Which begs the question why not? Dont blind people need wayfinding?
>
>At 04:51 PM 3/22/2010, you wrote:
> >I participated this morning. It definitely requires being able to
> >look at several images, so it would not be screen-reader friendly.
> >There are also various objects distinguished only by color, so some
> >people with color blindness might not be able to complete it either.
> >That said, it's an interesting exercise and pretty fast to go through.
> >
> >--Jane Vincent, Center for Accessible Technology
> >
> >--- On Mon, 3/22/10, Carin Headrick < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> >
> >From: Carin Headrick < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> >Subject: Re: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please
> participate!
> >To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> >Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 1:29 PM
> >
> >Hmmm. Will a blind person be able to participate? It talks about
> >maps and arrows.
> >
> >Carin
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> >To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> >Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 6:03 AM
> >Subject: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
> >
> >
> >Dear All,
> >
> >The DiaSpace project in Bremen is running a quick (15 minute) online
> >web study into how people give route instructions in dialogue. The
> >goal is that our findings will help us develop more responsive
> >wayfinding systems so that people who can't manually control their
> >wheelchairs can interact via dialogue instead. Another application
> >which we're working on is about helping elderly people find objects in
> >their home by describing where they are in an understandable way.
> >
> >Please participate, and just as important, please forward this email
> >on to your friends! We're really having a hard time getting enough
> >participants who are native English speakers, as DiaSpace is based in
> >Germany. The only conditions for participation are that participants
> >be native or very fluent speakers of English and 18 years old or
> >older. Here's the link to the experiment:
> >
> >http://kognition.informatik.uni-bremen.de/diaspace/CR/
> >
> >The experiment only takes 15 minutes, and if you're using Windows
> >Vista, you'll need to run it on Firefox, as it won't work on Internet
> >Explorer for Vista. (It works on Internet Explorer for other operating
> >systems than Vista though.)
> >
> >Thanks very much for your help, and please feel free to send any
> >questions about this experiment or research to;
> >Dr Kavita Thomas
> > = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> >the DiaSpace project:
> >www.diaspace.org
> >University of Bremen
> >
> >
From: ckrugman@sbcglobal.net
Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 8:51PM
Subject: Re: web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
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upon going to the intro page it says that participants in the study could
not have a visual or cognitive disability.
Chuck
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From: "Carin Headrick" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please
participate!
> Hmmm. Will a blind person be able to participate? It talks about maps and
> arrows.
>
> Carin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 6:03 AM
> Subject: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> The DiaSpace project in Bremen is running a quick (15 minute) online
> web study into how people give route instructions in dialogue. The
> goal is that our findings will help us develop more responsive
> wayfinding systems so that people who can't manually control their
> wheelchairs can interact via dialogue instead. Another application
> which we're working on is about helping elderly people find objects in
> their home by describing where they are in an understandable way.
>
> Please participate, and just as important, please forward this email
> on to your friends! We're really having a hard time getting enough
> participants who are native English speakers, as DiaSpace is based in
> Germany. The only conditions for participation are that participants
> be native or very fluent speakers of English and 18 years old or
> older. Here's the link to the experiment:
>
> http://kognition.informatik.uni-bremen.de/diaspace/CR/
>
> The experiment only takes 15 minutes, and if you're using Windows
> Vista, you'll need to run it on Firefox, as it won't work on Internet
> Explorer for Vista. (It works on Internet Explorer for other operating
> systems than Vista though.)
>
> Thanks very much for your help, and please feel free to send any
> questions about this experiment or research to;
> Dr Kavita Thomas
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> the DiaSpace project:
> www.diaspace.org
> University of Bremen
>
>
From: Carin Headrick
Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 9:57PM
Subject: Re: web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
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It didn't say that earlier in the day. They must have added it...or I must have both because I read that page over in detail.
Carin
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Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
upon going to the intro page it says that participants in the study could
not have a visual or cognitive disability.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carin Headrick" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please
participate!
> Hmmm. Will a blind person be able to participate? It talks about maps and
> arrows.
>
> Carin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 6:03 AM
> Subject: [WebAIM] web study on accessible wayfinding, please participate!
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> The DiaSpace project in Bremen is running a quick (15 minute) online
> web study into how people give route instructions in dialogue. The
> goal is that our findings will help us develop more responsive
> wayfinding systems so that people who can't manually control their
> wheelchairs can interact via dialogue instead. Another application
> which we're working on is about helping elderly people find objects in
> their home by describing where they are in an understandable way.
>
> Please participate, and just as important, please forward this email
> on to your friends! We're really having a hard time getting enough
> participants who are native English speakers, as DiaSpace is based in
> Germany. The only conditions for participation are that participants
> be native or very fluent speakers of English and 18 years old or
> older. Here's the link to the experiment:
>
> http://kognition.informatik.uni-bremen.de/diaspace/CR/
>
> The experiment only takes 15 minutes, and if you're using Windows
> Vista, you'll need to run it on Firefox, as it won't work on Internet
> Explorer for Vista. (It works on Internet Explorer for other operating
> systems than Vista though.)
>
> Thanks very much for your help, and please feel free to send any
> questions about this experiment or research to;
> Dr Kavita Thomas
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> the DiaSpace project:
> www.diaspace.org
> University of Bremen
>
>