[blindlaw] Fwd: Relativity Follow-up - JAWS Compatibility

[Nightingale, Noel]

Jer,

I use a document management program that includes a viewer function and three panes.  I just turned off the viewer function, and, as long as documents are given adequate file names, it works fine for me with JAWS.  The panes don't pose much of a problem for me.

I am glad you are pursuing this issue as we definitely need to see progress in the area of accessibility of case management systems for blind lawyers.

Noel

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier via blindlaw
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 12:50 PM
To: blindlaw
Cc: soviluk
Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: Relativity Follow-up - JAWS Compatibility

Dear all,

As I noted previously on the list I am anxious to find an e Discovery
platform (and preferably platforms) which are accessible using JAWS or
another screen reader.

I emailed Relativity earlier today to query its accessibility and
received the following response. On first reading, this seems
encouraging because:
1. They have conducted some testing using JAWS and seem (on this
showing at least) to be willing to make improvements.
2. The difficulties identified do not sound too problematic.

I would be grateful for any comments which others may have about this
programme or indeed other e Discovery programmes.
wever, I am convinced that e Discovery represents a major opportunity
for visually impaired lawyers and that the accessibility of such
platforms ought to be a priority both for visually impaired lawyers as
individuals and indeed for organizations of visually impaired lawyers.

Comments welcome.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and yours a
happy 2015.

Kind regards

Ger

Apologies for the repeated postings on this point. Ho

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jason Jaroch <jjaroch at kcura.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:51:51 +0000
Subject: Relativity Follow-up - JAWS Compatibility
To: "gerard.sadlier at gmail.com" <gerard.sadlier at gmail.com>

Hi Gerard,

Thanks for reaching out and inquiring about the use of JAWS with Relativity.

We've conducted some testing in this area, and continue to make
improvements, but there are a handful of issues that users may
encounter when using JAWS with Relativity. Please see below.


1)      Viewer

a.       Actual Viewer - May not be accessible, no controls recognized

b.      Related Items Pane - May not be accessible

2)      No Skip Navigation

3)      Browser pane in the document list - Not fully accessible.

I've reached out to our Product Management team to gather additional
insight on the improvements we've included in our most recent release
(Relativity 9.0).

As soon as I hear back from the team, I'll be sure to follow-up with
more information.

In the meantime, please let me know if any other questions arise.

Thanks,

Jason Jaroch | kCura
231 South LaSalle Street
8th Floor
Chicago, IL 60604
office: (312) 870-5579
mobile: (312) 771-8348
fax: (312) 263-4351
jjaroch at kcura.com<mailto:jjaroch at kcura.com>
www.kcura.com<http://www.kcura.com/>
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