[blindlaw] Technology Help with Voir Dire

Mon Nov 8 22:17:54 UTC 2010

I am glad to know it does have speech, but how do you operate the phone when
it is a touch screen?  I can speak and listen at the same time.  I was just
saying that doing a find when I want to ask a specific juror a question is
too slow to do while you are doing questioning.  I am intrigued with your
suggestion of using excel, but I am unfamiliar with the term Lickert scale
and how  to set up the spreadsheet.  Would you assign a value to each
attribute and how do you come up with uniform attributes.  I mean there are
some such as race sex age etc., but what about being able to note specific
questions  the juror asked or comments they made?

Can you describe what you are suggesting a little more specifically.

Thanks,

jShannon

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-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Hyde, David W. (ESC)
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 2:37 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Technology Help with Voir Dire

You wouldn't need JAWS with Apple products since its voice output program is
built in. You could use a keyboard bluetoothed to an Eye Phone. I'm not a
lawyer, but I don't think this would really solve the problem, since you're
still going to have something talking while you are. Now some of us can talk
and listen simultaneously, and some can't. 

A couple of ideas though, and use them if they're helpful. Use a rating
scale for each juror. Put it into Excel or a database, and then sort for the
characteristics you want, using the values of the scale. Something as simple
as a Lickert scale on each of several attributes would work. I'd be very
surprised if such a rating system doesn't already exist.

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Shannon Geihsler
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 2:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Technology Help with Voir Dire

I do use a llaptop; doing a find is a little slow when you are speaking at
the same time.  I was unaware that the I-phone had accessibility.  Does Jaws
work with it or an I-Pad?  I have also heard of a new program where a
sighted person can take notes and point to a specific note taken and then
touch it and it plays back the audio of what was said when that note was
taken.  This is what I think could be used to have an electronic chart.

How can an I phone be used?

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Lubbock, TX 79401
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-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Marc Workman
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Technology Help with Voir Dire

Could you not just use a laptop? Perhaps use the find feature in a word
document to search for the relevant name or juror number, and then quickly
read the info using an ear bud or a braille display.

Alternatively, you might use an iPhone, a Victor Reader Stream, or some
other accessible audio recording device.  You can make short recordings when

you get the information, and then you can listen to them when you want to
during the process.

HTH

Marc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannon Geihsler" <sbg at sbgaal.com>
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Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Technology Help with Voir Dire

>I do always bring someone with me, but that doesn't help with being able to
> reference names and connecting them with the info I already have on them.
> It would be great if we had some sort of electronic chart where we could
> push the no. of the juror and get via audio the info on the juror
> Thanks,
>
> Shannon
> Law Office of Shannon Brady Geihsler, PLLC
> 1001 Main St., Suite 803
> Lubbock, TX 79401
> Phone: 763-3999
> Fax: 749-3752
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Susan Kelly
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:37 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Cc: Front Desk
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Technology Help with Voir Dire
>
> Just a tip, which actually comes from when my vision was still
> correctable....  As public defenders, we took advantage of the
> availability of law clerks and support staff, and tried to bring one
> with us for voir dire and other critical portions of trial.  Obviously,
> it was nice to have an extra set of hands, but it was also helpful to
> have another person's perspective on the body language of the potential
> jurors.  It's not a tech solution, clearly - but if there is someone
> that can accompany you in that manner, it really is valuable.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Shannon Geihsler
> Sent: Monday, 08 November, 2010 12:32 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'
> Cc: 'Front Desk'
> Subject: [blindlaw] Technology Help with Voir Dire
>
> Dear Group:
>
>
>
> Does anyone know of a device or program or even tips for keeping track
> of
> potential jurors when doing voir dire  where you have a 40+ panel
>
>
>
> Sighted people use a chart and place the name and pertinent info on each
> square for each juror.  I would like to be able to have the same
> information
> available to me.  We are given the juror's information only about 30
> Min. to
> 1 hour before voir dire begins.  I am a criminal defense attorney and so
> we
> get a bit more time since we go second, but I prefer to use this time
> listening to responses from the State's voir dire.
>
>
>
> Please let me know anything that has been used with success or ideas.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Shannon Geihsler
>
>
>
> Law Office of Shannon Brady Geihsler, PLLC
> 1001 Main St., Suite 803
> Lubbock, TX 79401
> Phone: 763-3999
> Fax: 749-3752
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