[blindlaw] line numbering on depositions

[Laura Wolk]

Thanks, all, for your suggestions. Chuck, I was able to get the MSWord
file, so thanks for that helpful sadvice.

Laura

On 7/10/15, Tai Blas via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Like Angie, I have had the best luck with abyy FineReader. You
>
> Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A
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> Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse my brevity and any grammatical errors.
>
>> On Jul 10, 2015, at 12:32 AM, Charles Krugman via blindlaw
>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> A scanned copy of the deposition is not going to work as well for you as
>> there will be some changes due to formatting. As a paralegal I frequently
>> have to summarize depositions for attorneys and I work from the actual
>> copy of the transcript that has been transcribed. This should be readily
>> available to you either from the attorney or the court reporter that
>> transcribed the deposition. These transcripts are prepared usually as a
>> Word document and are done with the lines numbered so they are easy to
>> follow. As most law firms receive transcripts electronically it is
>> surprising that you weren't furnished with the actual transcript.
>> Chuck Krugman, MSW, Paralegal
>> 1237 P Street
>> Fresno ca 93721
>> 559-266-9237
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Laura Wolk via blindlaw
>> Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2015 8:35 AM
>> To: Blind Law Mailing List
>> Cc: Laura Wolk
>> Subject: [blindlaw] line numbering on depositions
>>
>> 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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Laura Wolk
Notre Dame Law Review, Federal Courts and Submissions Editor, Vol. 91
Notre Dame Law School, J.D. Candidate, 2016
(484) 695-8234