<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Rick <softwarethatworks@gmail.com><br><b>Date:</b> December 6, 2023 at 6:41:23 PM EST<br><b>To:</b> dogguide@groups.io<br><b>Cc:</b> Christine.Vanek@otis.com<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[dogguide] FW: Elevator accessibility - feedback request</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> dogguide@groups.io<br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hello Dog Guide Users of New Hampshire members:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Earlier this year, I attended the Disability:In conference in Orlando where I met Christy from Otis Elevator. In her email below, she is asking for accessibility feedback for upcoming elevator designs. If you have an opinion, respond directly to her.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, Rick<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Vanek, Christy <<a href="mailto:Christine.Vanek@otis.com">Christine.Vanek@otis.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 4, 2023 10:43 AM<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi BVI group, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Christy here, Accessibility leader at Otis Elevator Company. I have RP and live in Chicago. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I’m reaching out to request your brief input on design of a forthcoming elevator accessibility feature. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">BACKGROUND INFORMATION: New York City recently made a change to their building code which will require a 3-button accessibility feature on destination dispatch elevators (rather than the traditional single button that depicts a wheelchair and has 3 raised Braille dots in a triangle shape). Destination dispatch elevators are those frustrating ones with the digital screens where you must first select your destination floor number and then find your way to a particular elevator in the bank. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">This new requirement in NYC mandates a down arrow button on the left, the wheelchair symbol button in the middle, and an up arrow button on the right. This all is located below the digital screen. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">My understanding of the intent of this 3-button system is that it will enable a user to scroll up and down through floor numbers to make their selection, enabling a quicker experience than the present single button system where a user can only scroll one floor at a time and can’t go back if they accidentally skip over their needed selection <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">This requirement has not yet taken effect, and Otis Elevator is currently working through the specifics of how we will meet the new requirement.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I have an opinion on both of the below items, but it would be super helpful to validate with this group to see if there is a high degree of consensus on what is more accessible for our community or if this is merely user preference. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I have two questions for you:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><ol start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;list-style-type:"1) ""> a question regarding activation of the accessibility feature. Please let me know if you prefer scenario A or Scenario B. <o:p></o:p></li></ol><div><p class="MsoNormal">Scenario A: to activate accessibility mode, the user must press the center button with the wheelchair symbol and 3 raised dots on it. Pressing the down and up arrows does nothing and generates no audio cue. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Scenario B: Pressing the up arrow, down arrow, or the center button with the wheelchair on it all do the same thing, which is, they activate accessibility mode which provides an immediate audio feedback and instruction. <o:p></o:p></p></div><ol start="2" type="1"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;list-style-type:"3) "">a question regarding the shape of the up and down arrow buttons. Please let me know if you prefer scenario C, scenario D, or scenario E. <o:p></o:p></li></ol><div><p class="MsoNormal">Scenario C: up arrow and down arrow buttons depict the arrows as raised equilateral triangle shapes, pointing up and down respectively. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Scenario D: up arrow and down arrow buttons depict the arrows as raised semi-triangles. The semi-triangles look/feel like an equilateral triangle, but on the up arrow, the bottom “straight” edge of the triangle instead has a cut-out so that it also has an upward angle to it. Same concept of cut-out for down arrow.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Scenario E: up arrow and down arrow buttons depict the arrows as raised block arrow shapes where there is a rectangular portion with the an arrow head on it. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">For those who have some eyesight, images below show the 3 types of triangles.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="image001.png" src="cid:image001.png@01DA2696.51006060" style="filter: invert(0%);"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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