Accessible facial recognition locks?

[Yikes]

I toured a multifamily housing facility that had recently removed its prox reader / keypad access control systems at their pedestrian gates, and replaced them with facial recognition cameras, similar to the image below. There were no physical buttons - - only a touch-sensitive screen. You stare at the screen, it has some graphics that indicate whether it can scan your face or whether further adjustment is needed, and when the scan is successful it can unlock the gate.

Question: Aside from mounting heights of the scanner, what would it take to make this ADA accessible? Specifically, how would a person who is blind be able to utilize these systems?

 

[Yankee Chronicler]

Question: Aside from mounting heights of the scanner, what would it take to make this ADA accessible? Specifically, how would a person who is blind be able to utilize these systems?

I think this is a question best answered by the U.S. Access Board and by California's equivalent agency. Off the top of my head, I'd say at a minimum it would require braille instructions posted next to it, and/or recorded, interactive oral instructions.

 

[steveray]

And what about people that don't have a face?

 

[arwat23]

I think this is a question best answered by the U.S. Access Board and by California's equivalent agency. Off the top of my head, I'd say at a minimum it would require braille instructions posted next to it, and/or recorded, interactive oral instructions.

I second this - this is best for the Access Board and DSA to provide a more definitive interpretation, especially since ADAS / other codes don't directly address something specifically like this as far as I'm aware.

If I had my way, there'd be braille and audio instructions at minimum, and a way to bypass the facial recognition system (key fob, code, etc.).

 

[Jean Tessmer-HI]

I toured a multifamily housing facility that had recently removed its prox reader / keypad access control systems at their pedestrian gates, and replaced them with facial recognition cameras, similar to the image below. There were no physical buttons - - only a touch-sensitive screen. You stare at the screen, it has some graphics that indicate whether it can scan your face or whether further adjustment is needed, and when the scan is successful it can unlock the gate.

Question: Aside from mounting heights of the scanner, what would it take to make this ADA accessible? Specifically, how would a person who is blind be able to utilize these systems?


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I hope to get back to you next week. Is the Multifamily housing project made up of four or more plex units? Is it funded at all by state, county, federal, agencies?
Let me know. Thank you.

 

[Jean Tessmer-HI]

I toured a multifamily housing facility that had recently removed its prox reader / keypad access control systems at their pedestrian gates, and replaced them with facial recognition cameras, similar to the image below. There were no physical buttons - - only a touch-sensitive screen. You stare at the screen, it has some graphics that indicate whether it can scan your face or whether further adjustment is needed, and when the scan is successful it can unlock the gate.

Question: Aside from mounting heights of the scanner, what would it take to make this ADA accessible? Specifically, how would a person who is blind be able to utilize these systems?


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Does the manufacturer of this product say it is ADA compliant? If so what do they list for low vision or blind individuals. Will it work for wheelchair height individuals or little people who's faces are about 48" AFF?