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This is complete and
will be in GEMS 1.18.7 and BallotStation 4.1.4.
You will also need
TSText 1.18.7. It contains new entries including:
1033\AUDIO_POLLWORKER_CAST.wav
pollworker notification of ballot cast
1033\AUDIO_POLLWORKER_START.wav pollworker
notification of voter card accepted
1033\AUDIO_BEEP_GOOD.wav.
vote beep sound
The pollworker
notification sounds should be recorded with as high a gain as possible without
clipping at the source. I used sound recorder to increase the
volume. If you would like to change these to some other sound, send them
to me and I will make it official. The beep should be at normal
volume.
In GEMS there is a
new AVTS setup option: pollworker audio. You have to check this box
to get the pollworker notification of ballot cast. Under VIBS this option
has no effect.
The quiet voter
beep with a loud pollworker notification is a bit of a challenge
on our current hardware. We simply do not have a lot of dynamic range in
our sound system. I have set the volume at 12.5% for the beeps and 100.0%
for the notification. You might (probably will) get some clipping on the
notification audio. To fix this, turn down the audio gain slightly on the
motherboard (ask Ian/Hallmark), and then turn up the gain on your external
speakers to compensate.
Note that for the
long term if this is a serious requirement for Louisiana, this feature is
going to require hardware modifications to the sound system.
Specifically: an improved internal speaker, a separate audio channel for
the internal speaker, and an improved amplifier.
Ken
Here are the
apparent specifics:
AccuVote voting
system is capable of meeting the following criteria on or before November
23, 20001:
- Provide a
screen, hood, or curtain that is so made and can be so adjusted as to
conceal the voter while voting.
- Provide a
visual and audible signals to the poll worker that the voting machine is
in a voter active position and that the voters cast their vote. The
audible sound should be able to be heard from twenty feet. The
visual display shall be well illuminated and easily
readable.
- Have an
adjustable volume control such that the bell, gong or noise making device
signaling the casting of a vote is audible to the
voter.
Ken
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