[blindlaw] A question about westlaw website

[Angie Matney]

I'm personally not a fan of text.westlaw.com, as (at least when I
tried it) it seemed it did not display as much information about each
search result, so I had to click on each result to determine if it was
indeed relevant to me. I found this to be inefficient. I prefer
Westlaw Next or Westlaw Classic. Others' experiences may vary, and
maybe the presentation has changed since I used the site.

One thing that is very helpful is using the keyboard shortcuts
available through your screen access technology. For example, I use
JAWS for Windows, and I can use x and shift-x to move forward and
backward by checkbox, respectively. There is a checkbox associated
with each search result, so this gives me a quick way to move among
the results. I haven't used Westlaw extensively with any other access
technology, so I can't speak to available keyboard shortcuts in
anything other than JAWS.

I'm glad there are several Westlaw sites so that we can each find the
one that works best given particular needs and access technology.

Angie


On 9/15/14, Susan Kelly via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I was one of the test cases for Westlaw Next, and while it does work fairly
> well with assistive technology, I still find myself preferring
> text.westlaw.com as well.  I do not know if it is truly more efficient, or
> if it is because I have some residual vision and thus find the screen less
> distracting.  The only annoyance with the text-only version, at least on our
> network, is that you MUST use a client identifier / dummy identifier when
> logging in, or it will not take your username and password.  I have not had
> this happen on the more "modern" versions of westlaw.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Stephen
> Alexander Marositz via blindlaw
> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 11:20 AM
> To: 'Marcos Rodrigues'; 'Blind Law Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] A question about westlaw website
>
> Hi List
>
> First time posting to the list.
> The text based version works better.
>
> https://text.westlaw.com/signon/paralegalagreement.wl?bhcp=1&clickit=y&clien
> tid=samarositz&fn=_top&js=on&Logon.x=0&Logon.y=0&myname=%40%3F%25m%3C%3A%24%
> 3E%22%3F%25%3C9-%247%244%3F%3D8-EXU~TxT%7Fb~lq%7F&mypwd=%40%3F%25m%3C%3A%24%
> 3E%22%3F%25%3C9-%247%244%3F%3D8-EXUO%263WD%24zZ[%3CWE&newdoor=true&path=%2Fw
> elcome%2Fwlto%2Fdefault.aspx&rs=ACCS13.04&sh=0&so=mup&ssl=y&strrecreate=no&s
> w=0&vr=2.0
>
>
> Stephen Alexander Marositz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marcos
> Rodrigues via blindlaw
> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 8:28 AM
> To: Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: [blindlaw] A question about westlaw website
>
> Hi folks:
>
> Do you use west law to research court opinions?
>
> If so, can someone explain me how to do it?
>
> Regards.
> Marcos Rodrigues
> mrodrigues81 at hotmail.com
>
>
>
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