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ALT Screenshot of Tamil Nadu accessible form 7A with short URL : bit.ly/tn-form7a and the ready reckoner at bit.l/rr-form7a
ALT Hand tracing the Braille dummy ballot or candidate list for Indian elections
ALT Finger on right hand side of Indian Electronic Voting machine evm tracing the braille numbering adjacent to the EVM button.
ALT Location of Braille numbering at extreme right of EVM
ALT 🎉 Tamil Nadu shows the way With accessible Form 7A 🥳 Most blind people use TTS screenreaders. Until now, blind voters knew of their candidates only at the booth IF the Braille candidate list was available there and IF they could read Braille. On reading the Braille candidate list and memorizing the serial number of their candidate, Braille-literate citizens voted against the corresponding Braille numbered button on the EVM. But today the IT team of Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu made independent, private voting possible for a lakh+ blind / low vision voters including those who do not know Braille. This link has the Form 7A constituency-wise candidate lists in EVM order as accessible HTML text for screenreaders to convert text to speech : https://www.erolls.tn.gov.in/pcwithcandidate2024/PC_LIST_2024.aspx One does not need to be able to read the Braille numbers on the EVM - simply counting the Braille instances will give you an idea. Blind voters of Tamil Nadu, rejoice!
