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# RE: VIBS

- To: <support@gesn.com>
- Subject: RE: VIBS
- From: "John McLaurin" <jmglobal@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 16:06:36 -0400
- Importance: Normal
- In-reply-to: <PPECJKNKLDJLKJPKPPIOOEKODBAA.ken@gesn.com>

    – he mentioned an oversize keyboard that would plugged into the TS unit for
    the ViBS application.
    –  As described earlier, but here at length -  Larger than life keys with
    the key identifier both in print and brail imbedded to identify the
    characters to the voter. These  Large keys (3x normal size)  for the
    visually impaired to see for write-ins.
    –  Built onto the board was suppose to be a telephone key pad  where the
    standard numeric characters would be,  for the voter to select the candidate
    of  his/her choice.   At the time all we had was a numeric key pad  - one
    not in the form of a telephone pad but more like one on my current keyboard
    and yours. ( an accountants keypad).
    – Maybe it was just a sales pitch - the sales meeting was in December, two
    months later when Diebold showed up - he described it again  to their
    principals.  That's all I know - I never saw the thing, don't know if it now
    or ever was functional for our purposes.  But to Bob  U's credit - I thought
    it sounded great.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: owner-support@gesn.com [mailto:owner-support@gesn.com]On Behalf Of Ken
    Clark
    Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 2:54 PM
    To: support@gesn.com
    Subject: RE: VIBS

    I know what it is, I found it after all.  I just don't know what it is good
    for.  Is the idea that we put a bigkeys QWERTY keyboard in every poll so
    that blind voters can enter write-ins?

    Honestly I am not making this up.  What is it for?  You said Bob talked
    about it at length.  What did he say (at length)?

    Ken

    QWERTY -- for your edification, the kind of keyboard sitting in front of you
    at the moment.

    > From: owner-support@gesn.com [mailto:owner-support@gesn.com]On Behalf Of
    > John McLaurin
    >
    > Never laid eyes on it - just heard about "it" -  this "bigkeys"
    > thing sounds
    > like the same item.  MS - Ken for your personal edification - Microsoft :)
    > and a wink.

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  - RE: VIBS
    - From: "Ken Clark" <ken@gesn.com>

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