http://tc.eserver.org/authors/Shaikh,_A._Dawn_and_Philip_Strain A bibliography of works by Shaikh, A. Dawn and Philip Strain in the field of technical communication. en-us Copyright (c) 2005-08 by the EServer. All rights reserved. tclib-editorial@eserver.org (TC Library Editorial Board) webmaster@eserver.org (Geoffrey Sauer) http://tc.eserver.org/images/newlogo.gif http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Shaikh,_A._Dawn_and_Philip_Strain http://tc.eserver.org/31198.html http://tc.eserver.org/31198.html This paper summarizes some of the major lessons learned about conducting usability tests with visually impaired participants while working as interns at Google, Inc. The lessons were in four major areas: (1) recruitment and scheduling, (2) preparing the usability lab for testing sessions, (3) using think-aloud protocol with screen readers, and (4) helping observers to get the most out of the test sessions.