From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5e8c8b2002c1da21,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-19 11:38:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!info1.fnal.gov!nntp.upenn.edu!gustav.ldc.upenn.edu!jmalec From: jmalec@gustav.ldc.upenn.edu (John Malec) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Talk on the Phone and Earn Money Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 19:38:46 +0000 (UTC) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: gustav.ldc.upenn.edu X-Trace: netnews.upenn.edu 1045683526 437937 158.130.17.54 (19 Feb 2003 19:38:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@upenn.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 19:38:46 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2-upenn1.3] Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34234 Date: 2003-02-19T19:38:46+00:00 List-Id: Chat on the phone to support scientific research and earn a chance to win $1000! The Linguistic Data Consortium at the University of Pennsylvania (www.ldc.upenn.edu) needs participants for FISHER, a new telephone speech study to be conducted in the Early Winter 2002-2003. FISHER is open to all fluent speakers of English, native and non-native alike. In contrast to our prior regional telephone studies (Switchboard), FISHER will cover the entire US. The FISHER project will support linguistic research, technology development and education. All calls will be recorded for these purposes and we will keep participant identities strictly confidential. FISHER participants will take part in 1 to 3 telephone calls talking for ten minutes to other participants on suggested topics. FISHER topics can be found at the URL below: http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Projects/EARS/Fisher/topics.html A robot operator will initiate all calls. Participants need only answer their phones at the times they specify during the registration process. Participants will be compensated $10 per call. In addition, for each call made, participants will be eligible for 1 chance at (3) $1000.00 lottery prizes. This study is open to any fluent speaker of English in the US. You need not be a US citizen to participate. You need only have the ability to answer a phone in the US. If you know of anyone who might be interested in contributing a few minutes of their time to support research, we would greatly appreciate your making them aware of this opportunity. To register for this study please visit the following page: http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Projects/EARS/Fisher/intro.html or call 1 800 380 PENN to register and for more information Sincerely, Dr. David Miller FISHER Project Manager