Hi
the following email was sent to me by a resource I.T. worker and asks that as
many people might attempt to go through the questionaire on line - read on:
À : EBU Secretariat (
ebusecretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
) <
ebusecretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Objet : PRO4VIP - On-line Survey on Partially Sighted Persons' Needs in Terms
of Assistive Technologies
Dear members,
EBU is involved in the EU-funded PRO4VIP project. The objective of the project
is to improve the quality of life of functional low-vision persons through
demand-driven public procurement of innovative assistive technologies or
services.
The University of Salerno, Italy, is carrying out a survey to collect the
following information on partially sighted (PS) persons:
- their needs in their daily life,
- the kind of aids and precautions they use daily in order to improve
their quality of life,
- their desired experience,
- the desired assistive solutions to improve their quality of life.
A questionnaire in English is available on the website of the University of
Salerno, responsible for collecting the data, at
http://www.pro4vip.eu/quest/.
A high response rate is crucial and we therefore ask your active participation
in this exercise. Please circulate it amongst your regional/local branches
and individual members. A Word version is also attached and can be returned to
Prof. Giuliana Vitiello, University of Salerno, at
gvitiello@xxxxxxxx
, although we strongly encourage you to fill in the online form whenever
possible so as to make response processing much easier. Deadline for responding
is 26th February 2016.
This questionnaire is a unique opportunity to massively collect the information
aforementioned with no cost for EBU. Statistical results derived from responses
will:
- help the PRO4VIP consortium build a technological platform, where
present and future needs may be adequately classified and the instrument of
Public
Procurement profitably exploited to better support the provision of innovative
low-vision technology and services.
- help EBU develop future meaningful activities and projects on low vision.
This quantitative survey will be complemented with national focus group
discussions involving partially sighted panelists so as to provide the project
with
qualitative input. Survey results will be circulated in Mid-2016.
In case you need help or further information to fill in the questionnaire, you
may contact Giuliana Vitiello at
gvitiello@xxxxxxxx.
Kind regards,
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Romain Ferretti
Project Officer
Tel: +33 1 47 05 04 82
Skype: eburomain
European Blind Union
6 rue Gager-Gabillot - 75015 Paris - FRANCE