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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear List Members,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Provide a refreshable Braille display that could be used in conjunction with the audio output of the accessible voting system;</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Placing the accessible voting system in a quiet place;</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Vote at home using my own access technology, and;</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Provide the capability to plug Bluetooth capable hearing aid systems into the audio system of the accessible voting machine.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The third question for our accessible voting focus group is:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What types of personal access technology currently available could help bring the ideal voting environment about?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Lou Ann Blake, HAVA Project Manager</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> National Federation of the Blind</span></p>
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</span><a href="mailto:lblake@nfb.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">lblake@nfb.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> 410-659-9314, ext. 2221.</span></p>
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