[nfbwatlk] Fw: Product testing

Wed Apr 2 21:36:40 CDT 2008

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Brett Winches
To: NFB of Idaho Discussion List
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 2:47 PM
Subject: [Nfb-idaho] Product testing

At the risk of being flamed for off topic posts of questionable validity
to this list, I submit the following.  It comes from another NFB LIST
THOUGH NOT WELL CROSS POSTED.

...forwarded MESSAGE....

Hello everyone. I work with the NFB's Diabetes Action Network, and we
have been developing a program to reward developers of accessible
products, which we are calling the Access Plus Award, or A+ for short.
We recently gave our first A+ Award to the makers of the Prodigy Voice,
a talking blood glucose meter for blind diabetics.

The NFB is currently evaluating an RFID text-to-speech prescription
reading system, called Script Talk, for our A+ Award. The backbone of
the A+ process is consumer product testing. Specifically, we recruit a
group of NFB volunteers to use the product regularly for a given time
period (say, three weeks) and fill out an extensive evaluation form.
Volunteers don't get paid, but they do get to keep the product, and
their recommendations will be used to make any necessary changes to the
product before it receives the award.

We are currently seeking volunteers to participate in the consumer
testing of Script Talk. Volunteers will be provided with a prescription
reader and will have their prescription bottles coded to be read by the
reader. If you would be interested in volunteering for the test panel
and take more than one prescription medication on a daily basis, please
email me at <mailto:gailbk.voice at gmail.com
<mailto:gailbk.voice at gmail.com> > gailbk.voice at gmail.com. As usual, time
is of the essence, so I would be grateful if you could respond quickly.

Thanks so much, and I look forward to hearing from you!

Gail

Gail Brashers-Krug

Director of Special Projects

Voice of the Diabetic & Diabetes Action Network

1800 Johnson Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21230

Phone (410) 372-4102

Fax (410) 372-4102

gailbk at diabetes.Nfb.org

gailbk.voice at gmail.com

www.voiceofthediabetic.org <outbind://5/www.voiceofthediabetic.org>

Thank you!
Brett Winchester   KD7JN
bwinchester at icbvi.idaho.gov
ICBVI -- Reading Services
P O BOX 83720
341 W WASHINGTON STREET

BOISE IDAHO  83720-0012
208-334-3220-104
208-639-8386 DID
208-334-2963 fax

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----- Original Message -----
From:
mailto:bwinches at icbvi.idaho.gov Brett Winches
To:
mailto:nfb-idaho at nfbnet.org NFB of Idaho Discussion List
Sent:
Wednesday, April 02, 2008 2:47 PM
Subject:
[Nfb-idaho] Product testing
At the risk of being flamed for off topic posts of questionable validity
to this list, I submit the following.  It comes from another NFB LIST
THOUGH NOT WELL CROSS POSTED. 

...forwarded MESSAGE....

Hello everyone. I work with the NFB's Diabetes Action Network, and we
have been developing a program to reward developers of accessible
products, which we are calling the Access Plus Award, or A+ for short.
We recently gave our first A+ Award to the makers of the Prodigy Voice,
a talking blood glucose meter for blind diabetics.
The NFB is currently evaluating an RFID text-to-speech prescription
reading system, called Script Talk, for our A+ Award. The backbone of
the A+ process is consumer product testing. Specifically, we recruit a
group of NFB volunteers to use the product regularly for a given time
period (say, three weeks) and fill out an extensive evaluation form.
Volunteers don't get paid, but they do get to keep the product, and
their recommendations will be used to make any necessary changes to the
product before it receives the award.
We are currently seeking volunteers to participate in the consumer
testing of Script Talk. Volunteers will be provided with a prescription
reader and will have their prescription bottles coded to be read by the
reader. If you would be interested in volunteering for the test panel
and take more than one prescription medication on a daily basis, please
email me at < mailto:gailbk.voice at gmail.com mailto:gailbk.voice at gmail.com
< mailto:gailbk.voice at gmail.com mailto:gailbk.voice at gmail.com
> > mailto:gailbk.voice at gmail.com gailbk.voice at gmail.com
. As usual, time
is of the essence, so I would be grateful if you could respond quickly.
Thanks so much, and I look forward to hearing from you!
Gail
Gail Brashers-Krug
Director of Special Projects
Voice of the Diabetic & Diabetes Action Network
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Phone (410) 372-4102
Fax (410) 372-4102
mailto:gailbk at diabetes.Nfb.org gailbk at diabetes.Nfb.org
mailto:gailbk.voice at gmail.com gailbk.voice at gmail.com
http://www.voiceofthediabetic.org www.voiceofthediabetic.org
<outbind://5/www.voiceofthediabetic.org>

Thank you!
Brett Winchester   KD7JN
mailto:bwinchester at icbvi.idaho.gov bwinchester at icbvi.idaho.gov
ICBVI -- Reading Services
P O BOX 83720
341 W WASHINGTON STREET
BOISE IDAHO  83720-0012
208-334-3220-104
208-639-8386 DID
208-334-2963 fax

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