[nfbwatlk] FW: Microsoft Usability Research Opportunity

[Mike Freeman]

Verily, thou speakest truth.

The Internet headers are so convoluted I almost passed the thing off as
spam. Frankly, I don't get why MS would be doing this sort of thing when
they could have all the information they could handle by simply asking the
NFB in computer science or, for that matter, ACB's equivalent.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of David Andrews
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 6:08 PM
To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] FW: Microsoft Usability Research Opportunity

The two things I find ironic about the message, 1. they will pay 
blind people for testing with inaccessible games, and 2. they 
consider Narrator to be a screen reader!

Dave

At 10:16 PM 9/20/2011, you wrote:
>Content-Type: multipart/related;
>         boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0104_01CC77D2.386D33A0"
>Content-Language: en-us
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>I cannot verify the authenticity of the message below; the Internet headers
>indicate a rather convoluted path but the post does seem to originate on
the
>Redmond campus. So if someone dares, have a go!
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>
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>The message is clean, i.e., no viruses.
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>Mike Freeman
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>From: Courtney Cacabelos (Kelly Services Inc)
>[mailto:a-courtc at microsoft.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 1:44 PM
>To: president at nfbw.org
>Subject: Microsoft Usability Research Opportunity
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>Description: Description: Description: Description:
>cid:image001.jpg at 01CC2447.5EF982F0
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>Greetings!
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>My name is Courtney Cacabelos & I work for Microsoft User Research.  We
have
>a few upcoming usability research opportunities for legally and completely
>blind participants and would be extremely grateful for your assistance.  We
>are hoping you could spread the word by sharing the below information for
>people you think would be interested in participating.
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>Here are more of the details & a link to our Facebook page.  Please e-mail
>me if you have any further questions or would be willing to help spread the
>message.  Thanks so much!
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>www.facebook.com/msftur?ref=ts
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>Microsoft User Research is conducting a unique usability study. Our
>Researchers are inviting blind people to participate and share their
>feedback and opinions with our Researchers. This is your opportunity to
>potentially guide and improve current and future Microsoft services and
>products for our legally blind users. We currently have two upcoming user
>research studies for people who are legally blind and people who are
>completely blind.
>
>
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>This 2- hour user research study will take place from September 20th to
>September 23rd during normal business hours on Microsoft's Redmond campus.
>Our coordinators will set up transportation arrangements from the Overlake
>Transit Center for all scheduled participants. All participants will be
>offered a choice of new Microsoft software, hardware or games from a
current
>list of our most popular titles. If you know anyone else who would be
>interested in participating, please pass this on to them!
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>If you are interested in participating, please send the following
>information to uccoord at microsoft.com with a subject of "Screen Reading":
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>1. Name/Phone Number:
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>2. Job/Company (If applicable)
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>3. How do you categorize your blindness?
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>a. Legally blind (with visual acuity of 20/200 or less with maximum
>correction)
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>b. Completely blind
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>c. Other, please describe
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>4. Which screen reading program do you use (ex: VoiceOver, Jaws,
Narrorator,
>etc.)?
>
>. How often do you use it?
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>5. If scheduled, do you have reliable transportation to the Overlake
Transit
>Center?
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>Interested in other research opportunities? Sign up online at
>www.microsoft.com/UserResearch to be considered for other research
>opportunities.
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>Best,
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>Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
>Description: Description: Description: Description: Description:
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>Courtney Cacabelos
>User Research Tactical Recruiter | Kelly Services
>Microsoft User Research
>a-courtc at microsoft.com
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>  <http://www.microsoft.com/userresearch> www.microsoft.com/userresearch
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>Join Microsoft User Research at
><http://www.facebook.com/pages/Microsoft-User-Research/39264578534>
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><http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1500317> LinkedIn
><http://twitter.com/msft_listens> Twitter
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