Survey on Computer Accessibility Barriers for Blind

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COAT - August 16, 2011

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American Council of Blind and Google Conduct Joint Survey on Computer

Accessibility Barriers

August 16, 2011. COAT leading affiliate American Council of the Blind (AFB

<http://www.acb.org> ) and Google <http://www.google.com/accessibility/>

are conducting a survey <http://www.acb.org/googlesurvey> to understand

computer and assistive technology usage in the blind community

ACB is working with Google on this because studies have evaluated how users

generally access the Internet, but none have focused specifically on the

experience of blind users. ACB helped Google develop the survey tool which

looks at how blind users choose and adopt assistive technologies and how

they discover new tools and information. The main aim of the study is to

develop effective new ways of accessing information in the cloud.

Respondents can complete the survey -- which runs through to mid-September

and takes about 20 minutes -- either by telephone or online. Specifically,

the initiative hopes to uncover how blind users interact with the web, which

assistive technologies they find most useful, and how they make decisions

about whether to switch or upgrade tools.

Google will award seven Amazon.com gift certificates to participants who

take part in a random drawing. The first is for $50 and the other six for

$25.

For further information on this ACB i <http://www.acb.org> nitiative, please

contact Bridges via Email <mailto:ebridges@...> or phone (202)

467-5081.