Requirements: Accessible Voting

Requirements: Accessible Voting

This is the list of requirements identified in the first Stakeholder Workshop (Sept. 15-16, 2014) for the Accessible Voting application setting. The group organized the requirements into categories, which are reflected in the column headings.

Make it Fast

Settings Used in Voting Context

Additional Benefits or Issues

In-context ways to view and adjust settings

Way to draw people in (who may "resist")/How to Attract Users

Transporting Needs + Prefs

Use video to introduce

Consider Pathways to kiosk is have voted but needs assistance + could benefit/ How and when voters encounter this process

Make it Fast

Settings Used in Voting Context

Additional Benefits or Issues

In-context ways to view and adjust settings

Way to draw people in (who may "resist")/How to Attract Users

Transporting Needs + Prefs

Use video to introduce

Consider Pathways to kiosk is have voted but needs assistance + could benefit/ How and when voters encounter this process

Fast and Easy

Contrast

Can voting prefs be used for all comms with E.O.

Split screen settings + preview

Open audio at kiosk

Interpreting a GPII user file

Automatic open audio

Same interface everywhere

Fast Enough to be a normal part of startup, not a task in itself

Text Size

Headset also blocks out noise of polling place

Screen-shots of presets

Makes users aware of what is possible

Ballot activation card

Captioned, described? video intro

Same tool whever you use it (home/polling station)

Part of Process Complete Fast, not a delay

Audio/Headset first offered

Security and Privacy

"Preview" of settings selected

Poll worker helps out at start

e Poll book

10-sec video (short!)

Where does prefs selection happen?

Short in Duration

Language Choice

 

Preview "Screenshots" for non-visual preferences

Floating poll workers with tablets facilitate in-line while-u-wait prefs discovery

Way to transfer prefs to voting machine

Engaging info on how to use tool (video intro) but brief

Could people set preferences on a table while waiting in line?

Short and Simple

Audio - Headset implies audio ballot

 

Ballot-based demo for presets

Recruit users and channel to tool version

Encode prefs in 2d barcode

 

 

 

Audio and written language

 

Presets and varied ways to select

Provide redundant options (rather than asking "do u need alternate input")

Way to get needs prefs to voting machine

 

 

 

Adaptations for different devices (what is automatic)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Input device including AT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video -> language -> alternate input

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limited N and P Set

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presets