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# RE: VIBS Write-in

- To: <rcr@dieboldes.com>
- Subject: RE: VIBS Write-in
- From: "Ken Clark" <ken@dieboldes.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:35:58 -0500
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- In-Reply-To: <00a701c02215$40d607c0$91f0fc9e@dieboldes.com>

From: owner-rcr@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-rcr@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Steve Knecht Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 3:40 AM I believe we are saying skip steps 5 & 6. Step 4 repeats the voter selection after they have hit the number key. That seems sufficient to Debra and I. We don't need to hear the title in step 5 and the voter choice yet again. Okay, this is complete. It was not nearly as straightforward as I expected, which is a subtle way of saying VIBS will need re-testing. Step 5 is gone. VIBS also won't play back the race title even when the voter hasn't made their (initial) selection. That means for referenda you'll just get "Yes", "No" replayed back. This is so the voter doesn't have to wait for the whole long referenda text to play before they hear again what keys they were supposed to press. Of course if you want to hear the whole thing, you can always press 0 to review. Eliminating Step 6 is tricky in the face of multiple candidates. What VIBS now does is play the instructions to accept or re-vote first, and then plays the review candidate selection. The voter can elect to ignore the candidate review and press 9 or 0. For single candidate races it removes the redundancy of hearing the same thing twice in a row. For multiple candidates you still get to hear the list if you want. (One minor thing I don't like about that change is that the voter doesn't get the opportunity to hear the race text again after they have selected the candidate, even if they want to. I think it would be better if the 7 key was for accept race, and 0 still meant review. I'm not making that kind of change now though since it means new instruction audio.) I think both these changes do make an improvement, so thanks Steve for the feedback. If someone feels strongly about the old behavior, let me know and we can talk about making it a GEMS flag ("replay race title" or something). Steve/Nel, I will send you pre-releases. Usual drill. Ken

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  - Re: VIBS Write-in
    - From: "Steve Knecht" <skglobal@earthlink.net>

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