If someone would like a person who is actually blind to find out more about this project, I am both blind and a student at the University of Oregon. I heard about this last week and promptly went to a conference the next day, so I haven't had the opportunity to follow up yet. On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 01:15:39PM -0800, University of Oregon wrote: > /We have corrected an email problem, please respond to the email > addresses below rather than those in the previous email. Sorry for the > inconvenience and thank you again for your participation./ > > This is a second request for survey responses. In addition to OM > instructors, this time we are seeking input from anyone who is blind or > partially sighted as well as anyone who makes or wants to be able to > easily make tactile maps. But we also seek input from people who > navigate or teach navigation (formally or informally – i.e. parents) > without tactile maps. > > We have received funding from the National Science Foundation (grant > #HRD-0533251) to create *Tactile Mapping Software* that will be > available as a FREE download to teachers, parents, or anyone who wants > to use it. This project is entirely NON-profit and the resulting > software will only be as useful as the input we receive from you. > > This survey will help us identify features that may be important to > symbolize and include in the software. We ask that you answer three > short questions, which should take approximately 5 minutes. Please send > to our email (tactmaps@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tactmaps@xxxxxxxxxxx>). Also, > please forward this survey to anyone who may be interested in > participating. Thank You! > > If you do not wish to participate, simply discard the questionnaire. > Responses will be completely anonymous; your name will not appear > anywhere on the survey. Completing and returning the questionnaire > constitutes your consent to participate. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Please Answer the Following Questions: > > 1. List *any and all* environmental features necessary for > blind/partially sighted navigation, especially what KIND of landmarks. > > 2. If you make maps, list your method(s) of tactile map production > (swell paper, TIGER embosser, collage…). If you use more than one, > indicate percentage of use of each method. > > 3. If you make maps, what is your position or reason for producing > tactile maps? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Keep this letter for your records. If you have any questions regarding > the research, contact Amy Lobben, Department of Geography, University of > Oregon, 541-346-4566. If you have any questions regarding your rights as > a research subject, please contact the Office of Human Subjects > Compliance at the University of Oregon at (541) 346-2510. Thank you > again for your help. > > For more information on this project, please contact Amy Lobben at > tactmaps@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tactmaps@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit." -- Aristotle _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list