Products
McGonagle® Reader
Pakflatt secures orders for its patented McGonagle Reader.
Following a program of intense product development and in response to directives set out in the Elections Act of 2022, Pakflatt has now received initial orders from 3 early adopting local authorities in the UK.
Building on his experience since the 2001 General Election, when he led the team that invented and deployed a tactile voting device (TVD) for the blind, Patrick McGonagle set about inventing an audio assisted version of his TVD to achieve this objective.
His now patented McGonagle Reader system (MGR) has been exhaustively tested by NCBI with blind voters in Ireland and most recently by RNIB at by-elections in England, with very positive results.
Benefits
Enables blind and partially sighted voters to mark a ballot paper independently, in secret and with confidence
Creates a mental picture of the ballot paper for the voter
Caters for 3 ballot paper formats: FPTP, STV or AMS
Audio file made available on SanDisk Cruzer Spark USB
Deals with bilingual ballots
Caters for pronunciation of regional and foreign names
Specification
DIMENSIONS ASSEMBLED
12 Candidate = W218 x D30 x L360mm
16 Candidate = W218 x D30 x L460mm
20 Candidate = W218 x D30 x L560mm
DIMENSIONED PACKED
W295 x D85 x L600mm
UNPACKED WEIGHT
<1 Kg
COLOURWAYS
Natural PP substrate. Components in high contrast colours – black & yellow
Specification
CONSUMABLES
Low-tack tape component for ballot paper attachment
