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Fisher Arabic Times (May be subject to change please check periodically if have problems connecting) Eastern Standard Time 10am to 1pm Central Standard Time 9am to 12pm (Noon) Mountain Standard Time 8am to 11 am Pacific Standard Time 7am to 10am Thank you for your interest in FISHER, a telephone speech study supporting linguistic research, technology development and education conducted by the Linguistic Data Consortium at the University of Pennsylvania. As a FISHER participant you will take part in 1 to 3 telephone calls talking to other participants -- typically people you do not know -- for ten minutes. A robot operator will initiate all calls. You need only answer your phone at the time(s) you will specify later during this registration. You may also initiate calls (using your PIN) by calling: 1 866 687 4758 In real life, our conversations with strangers have specific goals: to get or give information, to accomplish a task or to build a relationship. In this study, we assign topics to encourage the same kind of goal-oriented talk. The topics also give variety to the conversations and keep them going in a meaningful way. Please speak on the suggested topic, giving your opinions and the benefit of your personal experience and please also ask about the other person's experience and opinions. Please remember that all FISHER calls will be recorded for research and educational purposes. You will receive $15 for every successful call in which you take part. You will also be entered into our lottery for each call you complete. There will be (3) $1000 lottery prizes. Please note, that in order to be compensated for FISHER calls, US citizens will need to provide their social security numbers (per University of Pennsylvania policy). We will make every effort to get call payments to you as quickly as possible. Please understand, however, that it can take up to 8 weeks to receive your check(s). For this phase of collection we have also instituted a referral bonus program. We will pay $1.00 for each Male Participant who, at your bequest, signs up for FISHER and successfully completes at least (1) call. Your referral code is your PIN. We will pay a $5.00 bonus for each ten Male Participants you sign up who successfully complete calls. To clarify, if you refer (10) male participants and they successfully complete their calls, you will earn an additional $15.00 (20 people would earn you $30.00 etc.). You may receive FISHER calls on any type of phone, landline or cellular. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me at 1-800-380-PENN. Thank you in advance for supporting linguistic research and education through the FISHER project. FISHER Project Group Please click the button below to register using our secure server. |