[blindlaw] ADA and Discovery

Sun Apr 4 12:22:49 UTC 2010

That is one of the problems when they scan an image of the original
handwritten document and do not title the image in a way that a blind
practitioner is going to have knowledge of that document in a timely manner.
I think that the overall issue is whether or not the State is required or
should be required to provide the text documents in an accessible format. I
am sure the ultimate answer is yes.

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-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of ckrugman at sbcglobal.net
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 4:10 AM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] ADA and Discovery

If you have access to Kurzweil or Open Book software those files can be sent

through those programs and reade. Most likely the files were scanned in to a

PDF document and they are images. The only problem that will occur is if the

documents contain hand-written pages as they will not be recognized by OCR 
software.
Chuck Krugman, M.S.W., Paralegal
1237 P Street
Fresno ca 93721
559-266-9237
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ramsey" <joramsey at cox.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 12:34 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] ADA and Discovery

> Hello All of the Criminal practitioners on the list,
> I practice criminal law here in Florida and have encountered a 
> problem.
> When
> the State and Public Defender's Offices are providing me with documents,
> they are in a PDF that JAWS reads as blank. As you can imagine the default
> titles of the PDF files can basically nullify any real attempts to 
> discover
> what the document is. My question is: has anyone had to challenge the form
> of discovery under the ADA? If so, what was the outcome?
> Cordially,
> John
>
>
> John A. Ramsey Jr., P.A.
>
> P.O. Box 6063
>
> Gainesville, FL 32627
>
> Phone: (352) 505-6642
>
> Fax: (352) 240-6453
>
>
> This communication contains information that may be confidential 
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> destroy any associated printed materials and delete the electronic 
> material from any computer. Please be aware that any unauthorized 
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> Due to this message being transmitted over the Internet, John Ramsey 
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> John Ramsey.  Please contact us immediately at (352) 505-6642 if you 
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>
>
>
>
>
>
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