Hi, She is very interested in the area. She went all the way to Barcelona for a conference on research on access to TV and that is where I met her. I was in Barcelona for another conference and dropped into that one for half a day. Take care, Gerry Ellis If you dont know where youre going, How will you know when you get there? -----Original Message----- From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dónal Fitzpatrick Sent: 10 April 2014 22:35 To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Audio Description testers sought Hi Gerry, Thanks for passing this one on. I'd heard about someone looking at this, but the person who mentioned it didn't know the name and a Google didn't reveal anything. Looks interesting work. Best, Dónal On 10 Apr 2014, at 21:25, Gerry Ellis <gerry.ellis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > A second year PhD student in Queens University, Belfast will soon carry out > testing of how best to assess the affects of audio description. She is > looking for volunteers to take part in the testing, probably around the end > of July. She is hoping to include some people who are blind from birth and > some who became blind later. > > She says that she is "seeking ethics approval for an investigation that will > use non-invasive electro encephalography to assess the cognitive demands and > effects of audio description upon the visually impaired user". This means > attaching electrodes to monitor what is happening in the brain. > > She further says: > "Ideally the experiments would include 30 visually impaired participants, 15 > of them congenitally blind. There are two options for the location of the > experiments; either in the state of the art soundproofed lab at Queen's in > Belfast, or there is the possibility of acquiring a lower resolution, > portable machine, meaning I could transport it to a more convenient > location. The experiment itself might take around 2 hours to complete. I > would hope to be able to offer money for travel expenses at the least." > > I think that any testing that provides concrete proof of the beneficial > affects of audio description can only help us in our efforts to convince the > likes of RTE to provide the service. > > If interested, please contact Michelle directly, but I would appreciate if > you mention that I passed her name on to you. She can be contacted at: > Michelle O'Loughlin moloughlin03@xxxxxxxxx > > Thanks. > > > > Take care, > > Gerry Ellis > > If you don't know where you're going, > How will you know when you get there? > > > <winmail.dat> ==================== The vicsireland mailing list To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the message. To contact the moderator send mail to: tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: http://www.vicsireland.org ==========================================================The vicsireland mailing list To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the message. To contact the moderator send mail to: tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: http://www.vicsireland.org