Seunghyun Lee
ABSTRACT
Current accessible audio voting requires additional button controls to select candidates and scroll through the ballot, which result in significantly longer completion time for casting a ballot compared to sighted voters. Instead of adding accessibility to the finished product, this study has designed two ballot interfaces using a universal design approach. In this paper, I present the design of a ballot interface using universal design approach, formative user study, refined ballot features, and on-going future work.
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- Designing ballot interfaces for voters with vision disabilities
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