Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Technologies
Wireless Emergency Communications
GaRRS Field Test
February 1, 2008

Three Wireless Emergency Communications project staff sitting at a conference table: Dr. Helena Mitchell, Frank Lucia and Ed Price. Helena and Frank are having a conversation in the background. Ed is in the foreground of the picture working on a laptop computer in preparation for the field test.

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Four people are sitting at two conference tables pushed together to form a “T” shape. Dr. Helena Mitchell, Frank Lucia and April Cline are sitting at the head of the table having a conversation. Ed Price is sitting separately working on a laptop computer in preparation for the field test.

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Several GaRRS staff, GaRRS clients and WEC staff sitting and standing around a long conference table preparing for the field test to begin.

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Dr. Helena Mitchell, standing and reading aloud the GaRRS field test consent form

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Daniel Whisnant, GaRRS staff member, reading aloud the pretest questionnaire to a Blind, female, GaRRS client and test subject.

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Partially sighted, female GaRRS client and test subject receiving a simulated emergency alert on the test device. She is holding the cell phone with both hands. The phone is flip-top or clamshell model and she has not opened the phone.

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Dr. Helena Mitchell, standing and reading aloud the GaRRS field test consent form.

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April Cline standing and delivering welcome address to field test participants.

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Three people sitting at a conference table. Kathy Judy, GaRRS staff member, is reading aloud the post-test questionnaire to a Blind, male test subject. Another sighted, female test subject is also taking the post-test questionnaire.

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GaRRS staff member Bettye Harris is reading aloud the pre-test questionnaire to a male, Blind test subject. The test subject appears to be considering the question.

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WEC project staff member Ed Price is delivering a technical briefing about the field test. He is holding one of the AT&T 3125 Smartphones. Kathy Judy, GaRRS staff member is sitting to his right.

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Sighted, female GaRRS volunteer and test subject receiving a simulated emergency alert on the test device. She is holding the cell phone with both hands. The phone is flip-top or clamshell model and she has opened the phone.

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Bettye Harris, GaRRS staff member, smiling.

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Three males sitting at a conference table. A Blind, male test subject sits at the head of the table. To his right sits Daniel Whisnant, GaRRS staff member and to his left sits, Ben Lippincott, WEC project staff. They are listening to comments being made during the field test debriefing.

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Sighted, male test subject smiling at the camera with hands folded on the table in front of him.

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Sighted, male test subject taking the pre-test questionnaire.

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GaRRS staff member, Kathy Judy, is reading aloud the pre-test questionnaire to a female, Blind test subject. The test subject appears to be considering the question while she reaches for grapes sitting on a plate in front of her.

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Two WEC staff members sitting at a conference table having a conversation with a third person (not pictured). Dr. Helena Mitchell is holding up one of the AT&T 3125 test devices and Frank Lucia is sitting to her left.

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WEC staff member, Laurel Yancey, is seated beside a sighted, male test subject who is taking the post-test questionnaire.

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GaRRS staff member, Daniel Whisnant, is writing down the response of a female, Blind test subject to a question read aloud to her from the post-test questionnaire.

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Sighted, male GaRRS volunteer and test subject waiting to receive a simulated emergency alert on the test device. He is holding the cell phone up with his right hand. The phone is a flip-top or clamshell model and he has not opened the phone. He is smiling at the camera.

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