- avoid using the color “red”; difficult
to see for visually impaired persons with “low” vision capabilities.
Thick red ovals were promoted because
they were able to be seen by weak eyed voters but not seen as Bonnie mentioned
by the OS reader. The comments made were made by a legally blind voter
with some sight. He was not colour blind.
- on the voting machine, the card reader should be
better identified. The
card reader should be more easily felt by a blind voter. Perhaps some
raised Braille as well as the green signage.
- candidates should not be “numbered” on
the voice instructions. In the audio
header, the candidates were announced with the number they appeared on the
ballot.
- on the key pad the “2” should be used to
“move up” or “advance” and the “8” to move
down or “return” through the list of instructions. The blind voters testing the telephone ten-key keypad
were used to using the cursor keys on a computer keyboard and used the up arrow
(8) going back into the text and the down arrow (2) advancing forward.
These were their comments.
They also mentioned they could listen at a rate of 400
words per minute and would have liked some method of increasing the speed of
the audio
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-support@gesn.com
[mailto:owner-support@gesn.com] On Behalf Of Bonnie
Merritt
Sent: Friday, August
02, 2002 12:57 PM
To: support@dieboldes.com
Subject: RE: touch screen
I thought the thick red
ovals were introduced to the Accu Vote OS ballot because red (certain types or
red as mentioned in the Ballot Specs) was a color that could not be read by the
visible light reader in the AccuVote-OS.
-----Original
Message-----
From: owner-support@gesn.com
[mailto:owner-support@gesn.com]On Behalf Of Nel Finberg
Sent: Friday, August
02, 2002 9:49 AM
To: support@dieboldes.com
Subject: Re: touch screen
Some comments I have on the attached document:
1.
Thick red ovals were promoted on AccuVote-OS ballots because red
was apparently a highly visible color to visually impaired voters - now we are
hearing the opposite.
2.
Races are in fact identified every time they are referred to on
the audio ballot. If no action is taken with respect to a current
candidate, race text playback is repeated.
3.
How could the card reader be 'better identified' to someone who
is blind?
4.
What do you mean by the candidates being numbered on the voice
instructions?
5.
Note that the function of the 2 and 8 keys is dissimilar from the
4 and 6 keys. 2 and 8 are activated only if the Race Keys check box is selected
in AccuVote-TS Options in GEMS, and allow the operator to immediately skip to
the prior race or advance to the next race, without enumerating candidates to
the beginning or the end of the candidate list, respectively.
6.
Magnify should always be available as an
option, with or without the audio ballot.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August
02, 2002 7:30 AM
Subject: RE: touch
screen
Thank you Mrs. Bergeron. I will send it to the
support group for
comments.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-support@gesn.com
[mailto:owner-support@gesn.com] On Behalf
Of Greg Forsythe
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:03 AM
To: Support
Subject: Fw: touch screen
BS 4-3-7 GEMS 1-18-11 Company manufactured ten-key
keyboard
Comments received from visually impaired voter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilson, Cathy" <Catherine.Wilson@ottawa.ca>
To: "'Greg Forsythe'" <gfglobal@earthlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:04 AM
Subject: touch screen
> Hi Greg
>
> I'm not sure if Derek sent this information to you after your touch
screen
> presentation in Ottawa. So, I'll send it along to you now, basically
it
is
> notes taken during your presentation and some of the comments might be
> useful to Diebold.
>
>
> <<Touch Screen Voting Presentation - Notes.doc>>
>
> Catherine Bergeron
> City of Ottawa Elections Officer
> (613) 580-2424, ext. 44127
> catherine.wilson@ottawa.ca
>
>
>