I know I’m
a newbie here, but if I can add this:
I think adding an OPTION (or a flag as Greg said earlier) to hear (or
see) a summary of the votes cast only makes good sense from a marketing
standpoint and would keep the special interest groups happy. If a non-sighted voter doesn’t want to
take the extra time to listen to such a summary (or conversely a sighted voter
doesn’t want to scroll through it), then they shouldn’t be forced to – but they
should have that option. Personally,
the sighted voters I talked to love the summary screen on the TS (although some
dislike the close proximity of the “Cast Ballot” button to the scroll bar!). I just don’t see this as a “should we”
do it issue, but “how”…
-----Original
Message-----
From: owner-support@dieboldes.com
[mailto:owner-support@dieboldes.com]On Behalf
Of Green, Pat
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002
11:06 AM
To: 'support@dieboldes.com'
Subject: RE: Audio in the Summary
Screen
The main thing the NFB and other ADA
groups want is equality. If normally sighted people have a summary, they
want a summary, too. We should consider eliminating the visual version as
Greg said. (I can hear the same roars). I doubt we can really
eliminate it given that it is a good sales feature, but maybe a compromise can
be reached that lets us offer a similar function to both sighted and visually
impaired voters. Suggestions welcome. ...Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Forsythe [mailto:gregf@dieboldes.com]
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:50 AM
To: support@dieboldes.com
Subject: RE: Audio in the Summary Screen
I would think the "Keep It
Simple" rule should prevail.
With this thought in mind, should we
eliminate the visual summary screen?
(I can hear the roars of NO, WE NEED IT, IT'S AN EXCELLENT
FEATURE)
If there is a visual summary screen, then
why is there not an audio summary
screen?
If the ballot is so lengthy and complicated,
as Steve and Sue have
mentioned, turn the audio summary off with a flag. I believe
we would score
a lot of points with the ADA groups if this feature were added.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-support@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-support@dieboldes.com]On
Behalf Of Don Biszmaier
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:39 AM
To: support@dieboldes.com
Subject: Re: Audio in the Summary Screen
I am in agreement with keeeping things as
simple as possible. Many users
will never use half of the features and are only enterested in
what it takes
to get their election done. Many customers either by law or size
do need
special features. Is it possible to have the econlmy version for
most
accounts and the cadillac versions be specific to customers that
have asked
for the changes?
Don B
Donald W. Biszmaier
Support Services Specialist
Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
7717 Greenwood Rd.
Louisville, Ky. 40258
Office 502-244-8645
Cell 502-314-6936
Fax 502-254-7835
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Page" <spdiebold@earthlink.net>
To: <support@dieboldes.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 6:26 PM
Subject: RE: Audio in the Summary Screen
> I again express my concerns about
allowing our upgrades to be customer
> driven. As we all know, the customer often doesn't know
what they want,
or
> what is best for them. I think we need to do more
analysis before we add
> features. As Steve points out - this upgrade adds
complexity to our
> product - making it slower, and with more opportunities for
failure. Is
that
> the direction we want to take?
>
> Are we building a Cadillac - that our customers can't afford
to purchase
or
> upkeep? I vote for building a really nice Honda
instead.
> Sue
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-support@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-support@dieboldes.com]On
> Behalf Of Steve Knecht
> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 2:42 PM
> To: support@dieboldes.com
> Subject: RE: Audio in the Summary Screen
>
>
> It already takes a half hour or so to work through the CA.
ballot, if you
> add a summary on the ballot after each race is confirmed
during the
process,
> it seems to me you'll add more complexity for those folks who
want to skip
> the summary, as most will. I'm a "no" vote on
this.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-support@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-support@dieboldes.com]On
> Behalf Of Ken
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:20 AM
> To: support@dieboldes.com
> Subject: RE: Audio in the Summary Screen
>
>
>
> Interesting. How does it work?
>
> Ken
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-support@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-support@dieboldes.com]
> On Behalf Of Talbot Iredale
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 8:36 AM
> To: support@dieboldes.com
> Subject: Re: Audio in the Summary Screen
>
> Greg,
>
> We will be working on adding this to
the next major release of
> ballot
> station.
>
> Tab
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Forsythe" <gregf@dieboldes.com>
> To: "Support" <support@dieboldes.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 7:19 PM
> Subject: Audio in the Summary Screen
>
>
> > We have a Summary Screen for those with vision.
Why do we not have
> the
> > equivalent audio screen for those who do not have vision?
> >
> > Why do we not have an Audio Summary screen?
> >
> > Greg Forsythe
> > Diebold Election Systems Inc.
> > Phone: (416) 446-1383
> > Fax: (416) 446-1425
> > Cell: (416) 464-3736
> >
> >
>
>
>