[blindlaw] A question about Westlaw website

[Luis Mendez]

I have been very pleased with the research power and accessibility of Westlaw Next.  It is a web based platform with a Google style search interface.  Thus far i haven't run into any problems using either JAWS or Voiceover. 

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> On Sep 15, 2014, at 1:30 PM, Dan Beitz via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I use Westlaw classic with jaws for everything.  I tried text.westlaw years ago, but it didn't have all the features of Westlaw classic.  I don't know if that has changed.  Lexis was always very accessible as well, although I haven't used it much in a long time.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Angie Matney via blindlaw
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 12:43 PM
> To: Susan Kelly; Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] A question about westlaw website
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Angie
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> On 9/15/14, Susan Kelly via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote: