[blindlaw] Errors in PDF provided as alternate format

[Susan Kelly]

I can't speak to law school materials, but I can tell you that we continue to have problems at my office with the OCR of disclosure that is sent to us by the prosecutor, whether the disclosure is done electronically or in hard-copy.  My understanding from prior complaints is that a lot depends on the quality of the scanner / OCR used.  I work for a county agency (public defender), so let's just say we do not and will not have the best quality equipment here.  I have also noticed that materials that were originally typed in a "clean"  / sans-serif font like Arial and the like seem to OCR much better than those prepared in a serif font like Times New Roman and the like.

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Subject: [blindlaw] Errors in PDF provided as alternate format

Hello everyone. I am curious if any of you have had issues with numerous errors in documents provided to you by the school.  I am reviewing materials for orientation and there are quite a few errors in the PDF and word doc that I was given as alternate format.  Some of them are in crucial legal language I obviously don't know because I am a 1L.  Am I expecting too much or is this a normal occurrence?  It kind of gets annoying trying to guess what they meant as I read along. Any thoughts?


I am attending Widener Commonwealth Law School in Harrisburg PA.


 Aimee
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