[nfb-db] nfb-db Digest, Vol 58, Issue 23
Tracie Inman
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Tue Nov 19 15:03:32 UTC 2013
The current technology would be Zoom Text, Windows Eyes, or JAWS. I do not know if there is other technology available. I do know that Apple Systems such as MAC and ipad have their own zoom and speech output programs. For myself I would rather have ZoomText or Windows Eyes so that I could adjust the font as big as I need.
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Today's Topics:
1. Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting Focus Group
(Blake, Lou Ann)
2. Re: Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting Focus
Group (heather albright)
3. Re: Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting Focus
Group (Scott Davert)
4. Re: Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting Focus
Group (maurice mines)
5. Re: Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting Focus
Group (DELCINA M BROWN)
6. Re: Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting Focus
Group (Cherifields at aol.com)
7. Re: Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting Focus
Group (Cherifields at aol.com)
8. Re: Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting Focus
Group (Cherifields at aol.com)
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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:06:03 +0000
From: "Blake, Lou Ann" <LBlake at nfb.org>
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Subject: [nfb-db] Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting
Focus Group
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Dear List Members,
Thank you so much to those who responded to the second question of our deaf-blind focus group on accessible voting! You provided some great feedback. The elements of an ideal voting environment identified by the focus group participants were:
* Provide a refreshable Braille display that could be used in conjunction with the audio output of the accessible voting system;
* Placing the accessible voting system in a quiet place;
* Vote at home using my own access technology, and;
* Provide the capability to plug Bluetooth capable hearing aid systems into the audio system of the accessible voting machine.
The third question for our accessible voting focus group is:
* What types of personal access technology currently available could help bring the ideal voting environment about?
Please provide your response to this question by 12:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, November 20th. All deaf-blind list members who have voted are welcome and encouraged to participate! If you have any questions, please contact:
Lou Ann Blake, HAVA Project Manager
National Federation of the Blind
lblake at nfb.org<mailto:lblake at nfb.org>
410-659-9314, ext. 2221.
Take the stress out of this year's holiday shopping with NFB's Bid for Equality national online auction: Black Friday, Nov. 29, to Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3. View our must-have donations and register<http://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/AuctionHome.action?vhost=bid-for-equality> to make your Bid for Equality. The future is in your bid!
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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:15:41 -0600
From: "heather albright" <kd5cbl at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting
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Refreshable braille displays! Heather
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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 10:43:37 -0500
From: Scott Davert <scottdavert at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting
Focus Group
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Good morning Lou Ann.
First, I apologize for not being able to answer question no. 2, but it
looks like other list members have pretty much covered everything that
I would have covered.
I agree that braille displays are part of the equation, but there is a
lot more to this. Really, I think the same answers for question 2 can
be said for question 3. Bluetooth or inductance loop technology could
also be a consideration, we have that at most MTA kiosks in the NYC
area. I can explain the technology behind it if needed.
I think the use of iDevices is already in the main stream, I recall
reading an article about someone with a physical disability not being
able to leave her home, so some poll workers took an iPad to her
residence and had her fill out the ballot and then print it on a
wireless printer. This could also be an idea for those who are
deaf-blind. Yes, braille displays are connected via Bluetooth, but
once the pairing is established, it's secure as far as I know. Also,
with the newer Bluetooth standard (4.0), there are ways in which to
design the Bluetooth technology that limit how far the signal will
even carry.
Scott
On 11/18/13, heather albright <kd5cbl at gmail.com> wrote:
> Refreshable braille displays! Heather
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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:32:05 -0800
From: maurice mines <kd0iko at icloud.com>
To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting
Focus Group
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I think that short range Bluetooth refreshable braille will be a good thing. I also like Scott?s idea of course of adding in short-range Bluetooth for hearing aid systems that employ about technology. And of course for those older systems and inductance loop makes perfect sense. And as has been stated before better training of poll workers would also be desirable.
Sincerely Maurice mines. voicemail phone number 360-524-0791. School/work email address, Maurice.mines at pcc.edu. On Nov 18, 2013, at 7:06 AM, Blake, Lou Ann <LBlake at nfb.org> wrote:
> Dear List Members,
>
> Thank you so much to those who responded to the second question of our deaf-blind focus group on accessible voting! You provided some great feedback. The elements of an ideal voting environment identified by the focus group participants were:
> ? Provide a refreshable Braille display that could be used in conjunction with the audio output of the accessible voting system;
> ? Placing the accessible voting system in a quiet place;
> ? Vote at home using my own access technology, and;
> ? Provide the capability to plug Bluetooth capable hearing aid systems into the audio system of the accessible voting machine.
>
> The third question for our accessible voting focus group is:
> ? What types of personal access technology currently available could help bring the ideal voting environment about?
>
> Please provide your response to this question by 12:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, November 20th. All deaf-blind list members who have voted are welcome and encouraged to participate! If you have any questions, please contact:
> Lou Ann Blake, HAVA Project Manager
> National Federation of the Blind
> lblake at nfb.org
> 410-659-9314, ext. 2221.
>
>
>
>
>
> Take the stress out of this year?s holiday shopping with NFB?s Bid for Equality national online auction: Black Friday, Nov. 29, to Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3. View our must-have donations and register to make your Bid for Equality. The future is in your bid! _______________________________________________
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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:27:15 -0500
From: "DELCINA M BROWN" <delcenia at prodigy.net>
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Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting
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Hello,
Yes, I agree that the braille display would be nice along with the blue tooth. However, we have to remember that not everyone have all of those equipments with their hearing aids or know how to read braille. If we could improve what we currently use would be great. For me personally making sure the sound system is loud enough and speech is clear would be helpful. The built in software need to be active as soon as the ballot is inserted in the the voting machine.
As a voter we have to make sure we are educated about what is on the ballot before election day. This would save time and frustration.
Delcenia
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Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 10:06 AM
Subject: [nfb-db] Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting Focus Group
Dear List Members,
Thank you so much to those who responded to the second question of our deaf-blind focus group on accessible voting! You provided some great feedback. The elements of an ideal voting environment identified by the focus group participants were:
? Provide a refreshable Braille display that could be used in conjunction with the audio output of the accessible voting system;
? Placing the accessible voting system in a quiet place;
? Vote at home using my own access technology, and;
? Provide the capability to plug Bluetooth capable hearing aid systems into the audio system of the accessible voting machine.
The third question for our accessible voting focus group is:
? What types of personal access technology currently available could help bring the ideal voting environment about?
Please provide your response to this question by 12:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, November 20th. All deaf-blind list members who have voted are welcome and encouraged to participate! If you have any questions, please contact:
Lou Ann Blake, HAVA Project Manager
National Federation of the Blind
lblake at nfb.org
410-659-9314, ext. 2221.
Take the stress out of this year's holiday shopping with NFB's Bid for Equality national online auction: Black Friday, Nov. 29, to Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3. View our must-have donations and register to make your Bid for Equality. The future is in your bid!
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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:28:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Cherifields at aol.com
To: nfb-db at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting
Focus Group
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Greetings Lou Ann,
In regards to the third question. I don't believe we, the NFB, want
special treatment just equal treatment. I agree with Delcenie, that we need to
have gone over the ballot before we go to vote. The technology used to
accommodate our voting experience should be as human a voice as possible. I
don't know if the ear phones will work over the hearing aids Some of us
don't own all these new gadgets.
Blessings,
Cheri Fields
In a message dated 11/18/2013 10:06:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LBlake at nfb.org writes:
Dear List Members,
Thank you so much to those who responded to the second question of our
deaf-blind focus group on accessible voting! You provided some great feedback.
The elements of an ideal voting environment identified by the focus group
participants were:
? Provide a refreshable Braille display that could be used in
conjunction with the audio output of the accessible voting system;
? Placing the accessible voting system in a quiet place;
? Vote at home using my own access technology, and;
? Provide the capability to plug Bluetooth capable hearing aid
systems into the audio system of the accessible voting machine.
The third question for our accessible voting focus group is:
? What types of personal access technology currently available
could help bring the ideal voting environment about?
Please provide your response to this question by 12:00 p.m. EST on
Wednesday, November 20th. All deaf-blind list members who have voted are welcome
and encouraged to participate! If you have any questions, please contact:
Lou Ann Blake, HAVA Project Manager
National Federation of the Blind
_lblake at nfb.org_ (mailto:lblake at nfb.org)
410-659-9314, ext. 2221.
Take the stress out of this year?s holiday shopping with NFB?s Bid for
Equality national online auction: Black Friday, Nov. 29, to Giving Tuesday,
Dec. 3. _View our must-have donations and register_
(http://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/AuctionHome.action?vhost=bid-for-equality) to make your Bid
for Equality. The future is in your bid!
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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:30:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Cherifields at aol.com
To: nfb-db at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting
Focus Group
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In a message dated 11/18/2013 4:28:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
Cherifields at aol.com writes:
Greetings Lou Ann,
In regards to the third question. I don't believe we, the NFB, want
special treatment just equal treatment. I agree with Delcenie, that we need to
have gone over the ballot before we go to vote. The technology used to
accommodate our voting experience should be as human a voice as possible. I
don't know if the ear phones will work over the hearing aids Some of us
don't own all these new gadgets.
Blessings,
Cheri Fields
In a message dated 11/18/2013 10:06:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LBlake at nfb.org writes:
Dear List Members,
Thank you so much to those who responded to the second question of our
deaf-blind focus group on accessible voting! You provided some great feedback.
The elements of an ideal voting environment identified by the focus group
participants were:
? Provide a refreshable Braille display that could be used in
conjunction with the audio output of the accessible voting system;
? Placing the accessible voting system in a quiet place;
? Vote at home using my own access technology, and;
? Provide the capability to plug Bluetooth capable hearing aid
systems into the audio system of the accessible voting machine.
The third question for our accessible voting focus group is:
? What types of personal access technology currently available
could help bring the ideal voting environment about?
Please provide your response to this question by 12:00 p.m. EST on
Wednesday, November 20th. All deaf-blind list members who have voted are welcome
and encouraged to participate! If you have any questions, please contact:
Lou Ann Blake, HAVA Project Manager
National Federation of the Blind
_lblake at nfb.org_ (mailto:lblake at nfb.org)
410-659-9314, ext. 2221.
Take the stress out of this year?s holiday shopping with NFB?s Bid for
Equality national online auction: Black Friday, Nov. 29, to Giving Tuesday,
Dec. 3. _View our must-have donations and register_
(http://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/AuctionHome.action?vhost=bid-for-equality) to make your Bid
for Equality. The future is in your bid!
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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:35:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Cherifields at aol.com
To: nfb-db at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Third Question for Deaf-Blind Accessible Voting
Focus Group
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In a message dated 11/18/2013 4:30:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
Cherifields at aol.com writes:
In a message dated 11/18/2013 4:28:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
Cherifields at aol.com writes:
Greetings Lou Ann,
In regards to the third question. I don't believe we, the NFB, want
special treatment just equal treatment. I agree with Delcenie, that we need to
have gone over the ballot before we go to vote. The technology used to
accommodate our voting experience should be as human a voice as possible. I
don't know if the ear phones will work over the hearing aids Some of us
don't own all these new gadgets.
Blessings,
Cheri Fields
In a message dated 11/18/2013 10:06:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LBlake at nfb.org writes:
Dear List Members,
Thank you so much to those who responded to the second question of our
deaf-blind focus group on accessible voting! You provided some great feedback.
The elements of an ideal voting environment identified by the focus group
participants were:
? Provide a refreshable Braille display that could be used in
conjunction with the audio output of the accessible voting system;
? Placing the accessible voting system in a quiet place;
? Vote at home using my own access technology, and;
? Provide the capability to plug Bluetooth capable hearing aid
systems into the audio system of the accessible voting machine.
The third question for our accessible voting focus group is:
? What types of personal access technology currently available
could help bring the ideal voting environment about?
Please provide your response to this question by 12:00 p.m. EST on
Wednesday, November 20th. All deaf-blind list members who have voted are welcome
and encouraged to participate! If you have any questions, please contact:
Lou Ann Blake, HAVA Project Manager
National Federation of the Blind
_lblake at nfb.org_ (mailto:lblake at nfb.org)
410-659-9314, ext. 2221.
Take the stress out of this year?s holiday shopping with NFB?s Bid for
Equality national online auction: Black Friday, Nov. 29, to Giving Tuesday,
Dec. 3. _View our must-have donations and register_
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