[blindlaw] line numbering on depositions

[Angie Matney]

hi Laura:

The best way to do an entire PDF with JFW's "convenient OCR" is to use insert+space, o, d (for "document"). Having said that, When I used this feature on a contract I was reviewing, it didn't preserve the item numbers. I've had better luck with Abbyy Finereader, which generally (but not always) preserves section numbers. If you have an assistant, I would confirm your references before submitting the assignment.

I hope this helps.

Angie


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> On Jul 9, 2015, at 11:49 AM, Rahul Bajaj via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Laura,
> 
> Insofar as the OCR functionality provided by JAWS is concerned, you need to press insert+space to activate what is called layered mode. You can then press o for starting the OCR process, but you have to press a specific key after that depending on what it is that you want to perform the OCR operation on i.e. w for windows; s for screen, etc. So for instance, if you want to perform the ocr operation on the current window, you need to press insert+ space followed by o and w.  I should note that JAWS automatically switches to the jaws cursor when you do this, so the text is read by a rather muffled and unpleasant voice.
> Jaws' ocr functionality should help, but this is a genuine accessibility challenge, so I would get the line numbers verified by a sighted person before submitting the assignment if I were you.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jul 9, 2015, at 9:05 PM, Laura Wolk via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I am working with depositions for the first time, but am having
>> trouble figuring out how to read a copy where the line numbering is
>> preserved so that I can cite to it correctly. The pdf copies have not
>> been ocr'd. I tried opening them in k1000 with moderate but unreliable
>> success. when I try opening them in the pdf editor, it just says it's
>> a blank document.
>> 
>> Any assistance with either how to use Kurzweil to preserve line
>> numbering or how to get another pdf program to recognize the file
>> would be greatly appreciated.  I know new versions of jaws have some
>> sort of OCR functionality built in; I've been looking but can't find
>> it. This assignment has a short turn around, otherwise I would do more
>> digging myself before asking on-list. Any assistance or advice would
>> be greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Laura
>> 
>>> On 6/19/15, Stewart, Christopher K via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>> 
>>> For the past year, I've simply struggled with footnotes and endnotes
>>> in my law journal assignments, patiently waiting for JAWS to read
>>> them. I've heard others complain of JAWS' lack of responsiveness in
>>> these fields, but I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions. Is it
>>> my computer? Is it Word? Is there any sort of workaround? One thing I
>>> did was to copy and paste all the footnotes into the body of a second
>>> document, edit them accordingly, then paste them back in, but even
>>> this is clumbsy when I already have several documents open containing
>>> source material, my own notes, Etc. I appreciate any advice.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
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>>> University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D. Candidate, 2016
>>> Senior Staff Editor, Kentucky Law Journal
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>> 
>> -- 
>> Laura Wolk
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>> Notre Dame Law School, J.D. Candidate, 2016
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