[blindlaw] Research and screen readers

[Timothy J. Meloy]

I have used jaws and VoiceOver with Lexis and find the site very useable. I used the text westlaw site in law school quite extensively. At the time, it was very accessible. I'm not sure if westlaw  next has changed all of that.
Best,
TJ

On Dec 11, 2012, at 11:23 AM, "Daniel K. Beitz" <dbeitz at wiennergould.com> wrote:

> I have used both jaws and window-eyes with Westlaw and lexis, and I didn't
> find much difference.  I haven't used the new west cite though, whatever it
> is called.
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jeckel,
> Christopher
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 11:16 AM
> To: Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: [blindlaw] Research and screen readers
> 
> Hey Gang,
> 
> So the tech support folks at G.W. Micro have explained to me that the
> function on WindowEyes which allows a user to hover the mouse over text for
> audio feedback will most likely not be compatible with most online browsers
> in a few years.  Reason being is because of the new way Microsoft is writing
> code for windows.  The program will still work fine, just not with the hover
> function.  What this means for me and other partially sighted WindowEyes
> users is that we will have to learn how to use WindowEyes or Jaws only using
> the key commands, hot keys etc. 
> 
> My question for you all is when doing legal research, have you found any
> particular combination of Jaws or WindowEyes with Lexis or Westlaw to be the
> most efficient?  Do you find one legal database easier to navigate with a
> screen reader than the other using key commands, hot keys, etc.? 
> 
> Love you guys,
> Chris 
> 
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