[blindlaw] line numbering on depositions

[Rahul Bajaj]

Tai,

Yes, I just found out how that can be achieved. It is an incredibly
helpful feature.

BEST,
Rahul

On 10/07/2015, Tai Blas via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Just as a side note, you can change the jaws cursor voice to a more pleasant
> one.
>
> Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A
> Email: tai.tomasi8 at gmail.com
> Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse my brevity and any grammatical errors.
>
>> On Jul 9, 2015, at 10:49 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Chris K. Stewart
>>>> University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D. Candidate, 2016
>>>> Senior Staff Editor, Kentucky Law Journal
>>>> Co-President, American Constitution Society
>>>> President, Election Law Society
>>>> California Institute of the Arts, B.F.A. 2010
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>>> Laura Wolk
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>>> Notre Dame Law School, J.D. Candidate, 2016
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