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Best wishes E.A.
Can you help FAST make the Web more usable for everyone? With the Web now
being available on desktop computers, mobile phones and even TVs, it is more
important than ever that Web sites are created so that they are accessible
for everyone, including older people and people with disabilities.
The “Inclusive Futures – Internet Web Services” Project (i2Web) is looking
for people to help us in evaluating a range of new Websites and services to
better understand the accessibility barriers they could introduce. We are
interested in how you surf the Web, what types of things do you do on the
Web, and when you encounter something that is difficult, how do you try and
work around the problem to find the information you need. We are definitely
not testing your ability to surf the Web, we are interested in how clearly
Websites present things to real people.
Specifically, we are looking for:
• People over 60
or
• People who are partially sighted and who are experienced using a
screenreader or screen magnifier to surf the Web
• People who are Deaf or hard of hearing
• People who are restricted in the range of movements they can undertake on
keyboards, remote controls or mobile phones and/or use an assistive
technology to work with these devices
If you fit into one of these groups, are over 18 and would like to
participate please contact Sam Collin at the Foundation for Assistive
Technology (FAST) on 0300 330 1430 or [log in to unmask]
We will contact you as soon as possible to set up a short phone interview
regarding your Web experience and technology preferences. If selected you
will be invited to our evaluation suite in Tower Hill, London, or we will
arrange to meet you at a convenient venue, to work with a variety of
different technologies and websites for approximately two hours. Your
travel expenses will be reimbursed and we will offer you a gift voucher for
£30, because your input and feedback are important to us, and your time is
valuable!
This will take place in March or April.
If you have any questions, please contact [log in to unmask] If you would
like more information about the i2Web project in general then please visit
our website at http://i2web.eu.
FAST is a small charity that works to improve the way equipment is designed,
promoted and provided, and to ensure that it reflects the needs and wishes
of older and disabled people.
www.fastuk.org
Ms Sam Collin
Senior Project Manager
Foundation for Assistive Technology - FAST
Please note new address from 14th February 2011:
302 Tower Bridge Business Centre
46-48 East Smithfield
London E1W 1AW
Tel: +44 (0) 300 330 1430
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7709 2068
Web: www.fastuk.org
Reg. charity Number: 1061636
FAST is a limited company no. 3331184 (England and Wales)
Registered Address: FAST, c/o King Loose & Co, St John's House, 5 South
Parade, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7JL
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