[blindlaw] West Law Next

[Sy Hoekstra]

I've never had that problem using JAWS. 

There are reference attorneys who work for Westlaw who will do specific training sessions for screen reader users. During my 1L year, I probably had 4 or 5 free sessions with one of them.  Just call the reference attorney line or talk to your Westlaw rep to find out how to contact them. It definitely helps to get someone to tour you around a new program before declaring it inaccessible.  That said, I am not sure the attorney I spoke to had ever trained anyone who was not using JAWS. I was a Window Eyes user at the time, and she had never heard of it. 

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From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cody J. Davis via blindlaw
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2015 12:33 PM
To: Blind Law Mailing List
Cc: Cody J. Davis
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] West Law Next

Hi everyone, 

In my experience, as a law student and current intern, I have found WestLaw Next to be much more accessible than Lexis, HeinOnline, FastCase, etc. That said, I never had to use WestLaw classic because I was able to access Westlaw Next before it’s official release. One thing I have noticed that is very frustrating with WestLaw next is that many of the pop-up boxes that appear when trying to download a case, email a case, or give WestLaw feedback are not recognized by my screen reader. I should note I am using VoiceOver, not JAWS.I have a few questions for you all:
	1. Has anyone else experienced problems with the pop-up boxes in WestLaw Next?
	2. Was this a problem in WestLaw Classic?
	3. Does anyone have reason to believe this is a VoiceOver specific problem. 

My law school’s librarian, my law school’s WestLaw rep, and I have all contacted WestLaw with this problem but they have not been helpful at all. 

Thanks,
Cody J. Davis
> On May 30, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Dan Beitz via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I agree, and I will contact them and let them know.  West law classic was allot cleaner and simpler to use.  I appreciate everyone's help though; I am learning west law next.
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> Daniel K. Beitz
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Elder [mailto:tim at timeldermusic.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2015 9:35 AM
> To: Dan Beitz; 'Blind Law Mailing List'
> Cc: Scott C. LaBarre
> Subject: RE: [blindlaw] West Law Next
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> Hi all,
> 
> Westlaw Next is somewhat usable, but it lacks accessibility on many features and is not as efficient to navigate as Classic.  I've complained to West about the accessibility of its myaccount administrative website for those who pay bills and do other admin functions for a Westlaw account.  Others should express concern to West about the accessibility of Next.  It is not
> 508 compliant and certain items should be mended now that we are being forced to migrate.
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> Regards,
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Beitz [mailto:dbeitz at wiennergould.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 1:49 PM
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> Subject: [blindlaw] West Law Next
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> Anyone using Westlaw next with jaws successfully?  They are turning off Westlaw classic, and Westlaw next is driving me crazy.
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> Daniel K. Beitz
> Wienner & Gould, P.C.
> 950 University Dr., Ste. 350
> Rochester, MI  48307
> Phone:  (248) 841-9405
> Fax:  (248) 652-2729
> dbeitz at wiennergould.com
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