The following research papers document our progress on National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)-sponsored grant activities at NPR Labs:

• Radio Text Display: Results from 3 studies
   June, 2009. In three studies, consumer preferences and memory performance for radio text displays were examined. In total over 140 consumers participated in this experimental program, including hearing, hard-of-hearing and deaf individuals.

• GUIDE TO ACCESSIBLE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING PRACTICES FOR BLIND AND LOW-VISION CONSUMERS
   December 20, 2008.The purpose of this report is to summarize and recommend to receiver manufacturers the technologies and features that would be most accessible to blind and low-vision consumers.

• Results from NPR Election Night '08 Captioned Radio Event
Approximately 150 guests visited 5 locations (Baltimore, Boston, Denver, Phoenix and Washington) on election night 2008. 75 deaf and hard-of-hearing participants responded to questions concerning 3 displays.

• CONSOLIDATED REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION (RFI)
NPR Labs seeks information from interested manufacturing and sourcing organizations on integration capabilities for bringing purpose-specific sensory radio devices to market.These four RFI are the following
Captioned Radio Manufacturing Integration Readiness
Personalized Audio Information Systems Readiness
Blackboard Radio Integration Expertise
Braille Radio Manufacturing Expertise

• Fundamentals of Digital Radio Captioning

• Accuracy Analysis for Radio Broadcast Deployment of Captioned Radio Services

• Phase I Consumer Preference Document

• NPR Labs Speech to Text RFI

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