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Oregon tests iPads aiding disabled voters
Posted by
JLoThursday, November 17, 2011
A story just released in The New York Times reveals that Oregon has been the first state in the U.S. to allow those living with disabilities to cast their votes via iPads, intending for use again in January for another election.
“The goal was to make voting accessible and convenient for voters with disabilities, and the iPad does exactly that,” said Kate Brown, Oregon’s secretary of state.
For the Jan. 31 election, she said, voters with disabilities will have even more iPad options: those who cannot use their hands, for example, can use a tube to activate software that lets them call up the ballot and mark it. They will be able to attach their own joysticks or paddles. The iPad can also translate the ballot for those who do not speak English, and read it out to the blind.
Ms. Brown said that the state tried out several different tablets and devices at a conference this year and found that people with disabilities preferred the iPad. (Photo: Rick Bowner, Associated Press)
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And speaking of iPads, check out the Reeve Foundation's just released 2011 Guide to the Best Apps for Individuals Living with Paralysis.
Janelle
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