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# RE: Audible Notice of casting of a vote

- To: <rcr@dieboldes.com>
- Subject: RE: Audible Notice of casting of a vote
- From: "Ken Clark" <ken@dieboldes.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 15:19:41 -0800
- Importance: Normal
- In-reply-to: <PPECJKNKLDJLKJPKPPIOGELKDDAA.ken@dieboldes.com>

This is complete and will be in GEMS 1.18.7 and BallotStation 4.1.4. You will also need TSText 1.18.7. It contains new entries including: 1033\AUDIO_POLLWORKER_CAST.wav pollworker notification of ballot cast 1033\AUDIO_POLLWORKER_START.wav pollworker notification of voter card accepted 1033\AUDIO_BEEP_GOOD.wav. vote beep sound The pollworker notification sounds should be recorded with as high a gain as possible without clipping at the source. I used sound recorder to increase the volume. If you would like to change these to some other sound, send them to me and I will make it official. The beep should be at normal volume. In GEMS there is a new AVTS setup option: pollworker audio. You have to check this box to get the pollworker notification of ballot cast. Under VIBS this option has no effect. The quiet voter beep with a loud pollworker notification is a bit of a challenge on our current hardware. We simply do not have a lot of dynamic range in our sound system. I have set the volume at 12.5% for the beeps and 100.0% for the notification. You might (probably will) get some clipping on the notification audio. To fix this, turn down the audio gain slightly on the motherboard (ask Ian/Hallmark), and then turn up the gain on your external speakers to compensate. Note that for the long term if this is a serious requirement for Louisiana, this feature is going to require hardware modifications to the sound system. Specifically: an improved internal speaker, a separate audio channel for the internal speaker, and an improved amplifier. Ken From: owner-rcr@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-rcr@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Ken Clark Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 9:35 AM Here are the apparent specifics: AccuVote voting system is capable of meeting the following criteria on or before November 23, 20001: Provide a screen, hood, or curtain that is so made and can be so adjusted as to conceal the voter while voting. Provide a visual and audible signals to the poll worker that the voting machine is in a voter active position and that the voters cast their vote. The audible sound should be able to be heard from twenty feet. The visual display shall be well illuminated and easily readable. Have an adjustable volume control such that the bell, gong or noise making device signaling the casting of a vote is audible to the voter. Ken

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    - From: "Ken Clark" <ken@dieboldes.com>

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