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Select Year: 2013 V Go The 2013 Florida Statutes Title IX Chanter 101 View Entire Chaster ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS VOTING METHODS AND PROCEDURE 101.56062 Standards for accessible voting systems.— (1) Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, each voting system certified by the Department of State for use in local, state, and federal elections must include the capability to install accessible voter interface devices in the system configuration which will allow the system to meet the following minimum standards: (a) The voting system must provide a tactile input or audio input device, or both. (b) The voting system must provide a method by which voters can confirm any tactile or audio input by having the capability of audio output using synthetic or recorded human speech that is reasonably phonetically accurate. (c) Any operable controls on the input device which are needed for voters who are visually impaired must be discernible tactilely without actuating the keys. (d) Audio and visual access approaches must be able to work both separately and simultaneously. (e) If a nonaudio access approach is provided, the system may not require color perception. The system must use black text or graphics, or both, on white background or white text or graphics, or both, on black background, unless the office of the Secretary of State approves other high-contrast color combinations that do not require color perception. (f) Any voting system that requires any visual perception must offer the election official who programs the system, prior to its being sent to the polling place, the capability to set the font size, as it appears to the voter, from a minimum of 14 points to a maximum of 24 points. (g) The voting system must provide audio information, including any audio output using synthetic or recorded human speech or any auditory feedback tones that are important for the use of the audio approach, through at least one mode, by handset or headset, in enhanced auditory fashion (increased amplification), and must provide incremental volume control with output amplification up to a level of at least 97 dB SPL. (h) For transmitted voice signals to the voter, the voting system must provide a gain adjustable up to a minimum of 20 dB with at least one intermediate step of 12 dB of gain. (i) For the safety of others, if the voting system has the possibility of exceeding 120 dB SPL, then a mechanism must be included to reset the volume automatically to the voting system's default volume level after every use, for example when the handset is replaced, but not before. Also, universal precautions in the use and sharing of headsets should be followed. (j) If sound cues and audible information such as "beeps" are used, there must be simultaneous corresponding visual cues and information. (k) Controls and operable mechanisms must be operable with one hand, including operability with a closed fist, and operable without tight grasping, pinching, or twisting of the wrist. (t) The force required to operate or activate the controls must be no greater than 5 pounds of force. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfin?App_Mode=Display_Statute&Search String=... 1/28/2014 51