[blindlaw] totally blind 1L curious about Westlaw and Lexis

[Laura Wolk]

ha! and, i'm sorry for calling you by the wrong name. I guess that's
what I get for writing email at 6:30 in the morning.

On 10/17/13, Laura Wolk <laura.wolk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
>
> I also am a totally blind jaws user, though I am also a 1l so probably
> not as experienced as other folks here.
>
> I have not had a problem with lexis. can you provide examples of
> things you have not been able to do/would like to be able to do on
> lexis that you can't currently? since you can do quite a lot on both
> databases, having a more definitive starting point to answering your
> questions would be helpful.
>
> also, do you have a legal research class and a legal research
> professor? if so, I highly recommend becoming best friends with him. I
> have spent more than a few hours in my legal prof's office, teaching
> him how to communicate nonvisually with me and to learn how to switch
> from saying things like "click on the blue box" to using terminology
> that I can readily understand and follow. I have sometimes outrightly
> not gone to class if he feels that he cannot figure out how to
> communicate how to use the areas of the database in a meaningful way
> during class and have instead just met with him one on one to go over
> it.
>
> anyway, if you let me know what specifically you are having trouble
> with or would like to be able to do, I can help you.
>
> there is one thing in lexis which I cannot access, of which I have
> made them aware. This pertains to accessing the outline of lexis
> nexis headnotes (i.e., if you pull open a case and you want to expand
> the headnotes to find other cases on point by clicking on them). sine
> lexis's headnotes are far inferior to westlaw anyway, this practically
> has not been a problem for me, though it will be if employment makes
> it one.
>
> Laura
>
> On 10/16/13, Stewart, Christopher K <chris.stewart at uky.edu> wrote:
>> Hello All,
>> I am a 1L student interested in making my research as timely and
>> cost-effective as possible. In general, I have had more success with
>> Westlaw. Do any totally blind users of JAWS have advice for Lexis and
>> Westlaw? Is Westlaw mobile a viable alternative? Do any practicianers
>> know if the mobile site is more expensive for potential employers? As
>> a new-comer to this list, I do not know if this question is covered
>> too frequently for people's patience. If so, anyone can feel free to
>> email me off-list at
>> chris.stewart at uky.edu.
>>
>> Best,
>> Chris Stewart
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chris K. Stewart
>> University of Kentucky College of Law,
>> J.D. Candidate, 2016
>> California Institute of the Arts, B.F.A. 2010
>> Ph:
>> (502)457-1757
>>
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