[access-uk] Re: Mobile Phone usablity focus groups
- From: "Adrian Higginbotham" <adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:01:14 -0000
Obviously the age ruling is to weed out those who's declining brain power
prevents them from basic reading and comprehension as the testing actualy takes
place in London.
Adrian Higginbotham
Accessibility and inclusion adviser
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA
Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Internal extension #2287
Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/
BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Martin [mailto:p.martin13@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 13 December 2005 15:56
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Mobile Phone usablity focus groups
Hi,
I an unable to make it to the USA on these days, but I object to being ruled
out because of my age.
Philip
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristram Llewellyn" <tris-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 12:00 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Mobile Phone usablity focus groups
> Dear Listers
>
> I have no personal or professional association with the project detailed
> below except for a contact has asked me to if I would post this to the
> list
> to give it circulation. I deem the Access UK list to be a most apropriate
> forum for this. Details are below including contact information at the
> bottom. If you are interested in taking part please contact the
> organisers.
>
> Text begins:
>
> Are you Interested in taking part in a focus group to look at the
> accessibility problems of mobile phones for people with visual or
> dexterity
> impairments?
>
> Are you between 18 and 35?
>
> Are you free on January 9, 11 or 12, 2006?
>
> We are looking for both Braille or speech, and large print users!
>
> The focus group sessions are being run by Toshiba mobile phones, in
> conjunction with the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre for the Assessment and
> Cognitive Ergonomics Lab, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
> University USA.
>
> The sessions will take place at the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, Royal
> College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU - tel: 02075904582,
> contact:
> Julia Cassim.
>
> The sessions are expected to last between 2 and 2.5 hours, and
> refreshments
> will be provided.
>
> Participants will also receive a payment of £35 plus their transportation
> costs (petrol costs are calculated at 35p per mile.).
>
> 1. Participants will first discuss issues regarding problems of
> accessibility of mobile phones, (around 30 minutes).
>
> 2. Participants will then be asked to perform 4
> tasks on a phone model provided by Toshiba. Each task will be followed by
> ratings (on several questionnaire items).
>
> 3. The session will close with a group discussion.
>
> We would like to videotape the focus groups, but will protect
> confidentiality as per human subject ethical guidelines. We need to
> capture
> hands and voices.
>
> Details on phone models, tasks, etc. cannot be provided due to proprietary
> policies.
>
> To get involved, please contact Julia Cassim, a Research Fellow Programme
> Leader at the Royal College of Art's Helen Hamlyn Research Centre before
> the
> 16th of December 2005, on 02075904582. You can also send a fax to
> 02075904244. Julia's mobile number is 07890489829. Her E-mail address is:
> julia.cassim@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Text ends.
>
> Regards.
>
> Tristram Llewellyn
> Sight and Sound Technology
> Technical Support
> www.sightandsound.co.uk
>
>
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