The Linguistic Data Consortium at the University of Pennsylvania
(www.ldc.upenn.edu) needs participants for MIXER, a new
telephone speech study. MIXER is open to anyone who speaks both English
and any
one of the following languages fluently:

        Spanish
        Arabic
        Russian
        Mandarin

The calls recorded for the MIXER Project will support linguistic
research,
technology development and education.  We will keep participant
identities
strictly confidential.

MIXER participants will take part in up to 12 telephone calls of six
minutes
each with other participants on suggested topics.  (Topics can
be found at: http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Mixer
A robot operator will initiate all calls. Participants need only
answer their phones during the hours of the day that they specify during

the registration process.

Participants will be compensated as follows:

For each 6 minute call you will receive a base of $6.00.  Upon
completion of
all 12 calls, you will be rewarded with a target completion bonus of
$50.00.
Additional bonuses are provided for completing calls in foreign
languages and
by taking calls on different phones.  A detailed description of the
bonuses
can be found at http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Mixer

In addition, for each call made, participants will be eligible for 1
chance
at (6) $500.00 lottery prizes.

You do not need to 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 supporting this study, 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/Mixer

or call (800) 380-PENN for more information.

Sincerely,

Dr. David Miller
MIXER Project Manager

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David Miller                             Linguistic Data Consortium
(215) 573-9458                         3600 Market Street - Ste. 810
damil...@ldc.upenn.edu                         Philadelphia, PA 19104

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LDC Mixer Project
Linguistic Data Consortium
University Of Pennsylvania