Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 10:33:31 -0700 From: sarah@verifiedvoting.org To: will@verifiedvoting.org Cc: jason@verifiedvoting.org Subject: Fwd: Re: Reminder: Please Respond re. Accessibility Features of Avante Voting Technology ----- Forwarded message from Cynthia Chu ----- Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 09:35:10 -0400 From: Cynthia Chu Reply-To: Cynthia Chu Subject: Re: Reminder: Please Respond re. Accessibility Features of Avante Voting Technology To: sarah@verifiedvoting.org Sarah, The "Sip and Puff" device was mentioned in the Sacramento RFP and showed in the demo. The following is the answer from the RFP. 3. How will a voter with limited dexterity vote? VOTE-TRAKKERT allows a voter with limited dexterity to vote on the modified keyboard, as would the visually impaired voters. The " Sip and Puff" device can also be added onto the voting system to accommodate voters with limited dexterity. Hope this will help. Regards, Cynthia Chu Avante International Technology, Inc. 609-799-8896 X 128 ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Cc: Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 2:37 PM Subject: Reminder: Please Respond re. Accessibility Features of Avante Voting Technology > > Dear Ms. Chu, > > Previously we had sent you a letter asking to verify information about the > Avante Vote-Trakker and the Avante Vote-Trakker Full Face. We are currently > working on a more detailed chart which takes into account the accessibility > recommendations of the draft Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) recently > published by the EAC. > > We have attached two checklists regarding qualification of the Avante > Vote-Trakker and the Avante Vote-Trakker Full Face to the 1990 and 2002 federal > guidelines and certification to the draft 2005 guidelines. Please check off on > each checklist which features were part of the configuration(s) qualified under > the 1990 and 2002 standards, and which features you expect to certify for the > 2005 VVSG, assuming the latest VVSG draft is finalized as is. > > Please give specific references (such as web addresses, brochures, or product > manuals) to text and pictures we can cite for this information. > > Please also answer the following questions in your reply to us: > > 1. It's my understanding that the Vote-Trakker DRE machine is the voter > interface for voters with disabilities to mark an optical scan ballot. Is there > any difference in accessibility features between the Vote-Trakker DRE system > and the Optical Vote-Trakker system? > 2. In the optical scan ballot marking system, is the audio readback for voter > verification (by the visually impaired) from the actual marked ballot as > opposed to internal system memory? > 3. What accommodations, if any, does Avante provide for voters without the use > of their hands? > 4. If your equipment includes a booth or voting station, what are its > dimensions? > 5. Is lap voting possible with any of your equipment? > 6. Is it possible to adjust the tilt on the full face Vote-Trakker machine? > 7. Does the full-face machine have synchronized audio and video? > > Please "reply all" to this email (that is to sarah@verifiedvoting.org, cc > will@verifiedvoting.org) by Monday, August 1st. Thank you. > > Sarah Glaubman > Intern > Verified Voting Foundation > > ----- End forwarded message -----