- 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.
I believe candidates must have
been recorded with numbers, because candidates are not played back with the
candidate Id.
- 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
>
>
>