A new app is making voting easier for thousands of Australians with speech impediments. Through Voters Voice, users can tell election officials their name, where they live and their voting record using a touchscreen keyboard. The app communicates instructions in both Auslan (Australian sign language) and simplified English. It is expected to save the Victoria government nearly $800,000 (USD) during the 2018 election in costs associated with hiring interpreters and training election officials.

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