RE: Printing Braille on the Smart Card

["Ken Clark" <ken@dieboldes.com>]

From: owner-rcr@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-rcr@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Ian S. Piper
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 10:12 AM

The blind voter knows his ballot was cast because the "voices" on the headset told him so. 

 

I am still working on stopping voices when there is no headset.  It is very distracting when I am trying to vote.

He doesn't have to handle the smart card to do that and his privacy is not compromised because the poll worker would have to vacate the area until called upon to return.  

 

Jurisdictions that paranoid will opt for the "hide ballot" screen.  The poll worker can hover over them if they like, since they can't see the ballot of hear the voices.

I've often heard the R6 unit referred to as a "laptop ATM".   

 

Oh dear.

Can a blind person use an ATM?  Can someone explain to me how that is possible?   I know that they can operate the keypad, but how do they know what selections come up on the video display?  I've never noticed an audio jack or a Braille display on an ATM. 

 

Bad example Ian.  Blind voters do use ATMs, and Braille on the keypad is common.  They memorize the sequence.  Royal bank even issues releases to blind institutes when they change the interface.  Its like saying blind people can't walk around a city because they can't read street signs.

 

As to why there is Braille on they keypads at drive thru ATMs...  We'll probably have to ask someone at Diebold that.

 

Ken