[games_access] Volunteers Wanted for Research : Second Life for the Blind

[d. michelle hinn]

Hi Gareth -- thanks for letting us know about this project and I wish 
you the best of luck! I'll forward this to a few other lists I know 
about that have more visually impaired gamers on them as well and I'm 
sure that a few people on this list will post this info on their 
blogs and forums.

Please let me know if there's anything I/we can do to help out further!

Cheers,
Michelle
Chairperson, IGDA Game Accessibility SIG

>Hi,
>
>I'm a researcher at the University of Sussex in the UK, and I've 
>been looking into the accessibility of Second Life for blind and 
>severely visually impaired users.
>
>For the next stage of our project we want to conduct a round of 
>interviews and are now looking for volunteers to participate, who 
>must be 18 years or older. We'd like to take 30 minutes of your time 
>for a voice chat to hear about your experiences of getting around in 
>the real world, and any experiences you have of doing so in virtual 
>worlds. The aim is to direct our further work developing interaction 
>techniques for blind users in Second Life.
>
>For more information please read the 
><http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/users/gw43/publications/The%20Accessibility%20of%20Second%20Life%20for%20Blind%20Users/Explanatory%20Statement.doc>Explanatory 
>Statement and 
><http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/users/gw43/publications/The%20Accessibility%20of%20Second%20Life%20for%20Blind%20Users/Consent%20Form.doc>Consent 
>Form.
>
>If you'd like to participate please send an email to 
><mailto:G.White at sussex.ac.uk>G.White at sussex.ac.uk, confirming that 
>you've read both of these documents and agree to the conditions 
>listed in the consent form.
>
>You can read more about the project on our 
><http://blindsecondlife.blogspot.com/>blog
>_________________
>Research Fellow, DPhil Student.
>Interact Lab, Human-Centred Technology Group, Department of 
>Informatics, School of Science and Technology.
>
>Chichester 3R253
>University of Sussex
>Falmer
>Brighton
>BN1 9QJ
>UK
>
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