[blindlaw] Ensuring Formatting of Documents For Court?

Wed May 22 18:35:25 UTC 2013

I learned long ago in my pre law career in HR that sending out one of my
writings "sight unseen" was like spinning the cylinder on a pistol with two
bullets and pulling the trigger against your professional reputation. The
bullets are even bigger in law practice. I never send anything of importance
out without a visual format review by an assistant. It is possible to
thoroughly proof a document with JAWS but it takes an insane amount of time,
way more than could be justified as billable hours.

Bill Spiry
Attorney at Law
(541) 510-2623
Bill.spiry at gmail.com 

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From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Daniel K.
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Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 5:43 AM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Ensuring Formatting of Documents For Court?

You should have a sighted person review for formatting errors.  They are too
easy to miss with screen readers.

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From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ross Doerr
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:23 AM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Ensuring Formatting of Documents For Court?

I agree with Angie.  JAWS can do just so much, and ensuring complete
accuracy on the formatting of documents for court simply requires eyesight
to be right.
In the legal profession, "You are what you write" when it comes to court
documents, and hence, your professional reputation.

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Angie
Matney
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 6:58 AM
To: Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Ensuring Formatting of Documents For Court?

My administrative assistant reviews them. I find JAWS is inconsistent about
announcing and displaying changes in attributes, so the most efficient use
of my time is for her to make sure documents I prepare are visually
acceptable.

I'm also eager to hear what others do.

Angie

On 5/21/13, Gerard Sadlier <gerard.sadlier at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> What techniques do you use in order to ensure that the documents which 
> you produce are consistant in their formatting, before submitting to 
> courts or colleagues?
>
> Ger
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