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Re: R6 VIBS script, take 1



I was really referring to the auditory script, such as:
U.S. Senator
VOTE for One
To Vote For AL GORE, Press 5  ( Will it instruct the voter each time that 5 Toggles the vote?
    Or only at the beginning  instructions? 
    So you are saying the voter would press 6 to hear the next candidate?
    I guess I can see that that would stop the confusion issue we are talking about in the ordering, I'll have
    to give it some thought. So they press, 6.
To Vote For George Buss, Press 5 (So they press 6 again)
To Vote for Ken Clark, Press 5 (So they press 5, then do they press 6 after that?)
 
With this approach are keys 4,5,6 the only ones needed?  Still going to have to think about it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Clark
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 5:12 PM
Subject: RE: R6 VIBS script, take 1

Its a state machine.  4 advances to the previous candidate, or the previous race if its the first candidate.  6 advances to the next candidate, or next race if its the last candidate.  5 toggles the vote in for the current candidate.  As I said in the original message, the audio for the current candidate repeats until a key is pressed.
 
If there is something specific about the specific example that you didn't follow, I'll try to clarify.  It was supposed to be self-explanatory.  If there was something confusing about it, its important that I know what, specifically, was confusing.
 
Ken
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-support@gesn.com [mailto:owner-support@gesn.com]On Behalf Of Steve Knecht
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 4:50 PM
To: support@gesn.com
Subject: Re: R6 VIBS script, take 1

What would be very helpful is to see a complete Logical Diagram for your intended VIBS dialogue by data field. 
 
RACE TITLE
VOTE FOR Statement
MEASURE TEXT
THEN ...
       To Vote for Candidate......Press 1,2,3...
        To Vote for YES/NO response.... Press 1,2
REPEAT of RACE TITLE
REPEAT of CANDIDATE selection or YES / NO response
 
Then we could respond to something specific with suggestions such as "don't repeat race title"
or Be sure and indicate Candidate Name prior to "press n" statement, etc.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Clark
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 3:57 PM
Subject: R6 VIBS script, take 1

Here is a possible VIBS script for the straightforward case.  I would like your feedback.  I think it lends itself well to straight-party and vote-for-more-than-one, but I want to establish a baseline first.  Each paragraph in the script repeats until a key is pressed, with the exception of the first paragraph (the initial header for each race).  Voters do not have to listen to the complete message before hitting a key.  Thus, they can skip through candidates by repeatedly pressing 6.
 
One issue to think about.  A voter must to listen to each candidate in the race, even if the race is fully voted after the first candidate.  We could assign keys (say 7/9) to skip to the next and previous races thus "shortcutting" the candidates that they can't vote for anyway.  I'm not convinced that adding instructions to this effect each race is a "win" however.  I'd like some thoughts on this issue.
 
Ken
 
 
 
president and vice-president.  vote for one.
no votes have been cast in this race.
 
george w bush.
to vote for george w bush, press 5.
to advance to the next candidate, press 6.
to return to the previous race, press 4.    (don't play on first race, else returns to start of previous race)
(short pause)
president and vice-president.  vote for one.
no votes have been cast in this race.
 
(5)
 
[you have chosen to vote for] george w bush.
to cancel your vote for george w bush, press 5.
to advance to the next candidate, press 6.
to return to the previous candidate, press 4.
(short pause)
president and vice-president.
  vote for one.
this race is fully voted.
 
(6)
 
partick j buchanan.
to advance to the next candidate, press 6.
to return to the previous candidate, press 4.
(short pause)
president and vice-president.
  vote for one.
this race is fully voted.  to vote for patrick j buchanan, you must cancel a vote in this race.
 
(4)
 
george w bush.
to cancel your vote for george w bush, press 5.
to advance to the next candidate, press 6.
to return to the previous candidate, press 4.
(short pause)
president and vice-president.
  vote for one.
this race is fully voted.
 
(5)
 
[you have canceled your vote for] george w bush.
to vote for george w bush, press 5.
to advance to the next candidate, press 6.
to return to the previous race, press 4.
(short pause)
president and vice-president.
  vote for one.
no votes have been cast in this race.