[blindlaw] Unable to View Hybrid PDFs

[Susan Kelly]

Are there any special steps to take in the process, or tips that you might have?  Like Rahul, I frequently run into PDFs on the local appellate court website that are of varying degrees of accessibility (or inaccessibility).  That is coupled with a superior court website that, while accessible on the left side of the screen where file searching is entered, posts only TIF and JPG images of the documents that are found in the search.  If there is some consistent and reliable process that could make these things accessible (short of litigation)m it would be fantastic.

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arjun Malhotra via blindlaw
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 3:21 AM
To: Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Arjun Malhotra <malhotraarjun2012 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Unable to View Hybrid PDFs

Hi Rhahul,
This is a PDF Portfolio file. I converted it into PDF using Adobe Acrobat Pro Xi. PDF Portfolio is nothing but bunch of various PDF files. There is a feature in Adobe Acrobat Pro where in one can combine various PDF together. I made use of that feature and created one PDF file out of many files in PDF Portfolio.

Best
Arjun M

On 8/20/15, Rahul Bajaj via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Here in India, courts use a platform called e-court for the purpose of 
> making pleadings and viewing orders. However, the PDF files uploaded 
> on that platform do not seem to be accessible. More specifically, the 
> quality of the scanned material is not up to the mark and most 
> documents are not even scanned correctly, making them completely 
> inaccessible. One cannot convert the documents into word because of 
> the unique nature of these PDFs. When you open these PDFs, only the 
> first page is initially displayed where there is a list box from which 
> you have to select the order or pleadings of your choice. The list box 
> itself is inaccessible in most cases. But the point is that only after 
> selecting the specific option from the list box can you view the 
> pleadings or other parts of the PDFs that are relevant for your 
> purposes. Therefore, when you convert the document from PDF to Word 
> through Fine Reader and others, only the first page gets converted and 
> nothing more. What strategies can I employ to read such documents?
> I am attaching a sample for your reference.
>
> Best,
> Rahul
>

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