[blindlaw] question about reading large documents

[Angie Matney]

I usually convert to plain .txt files also. I keep an unaltered
version and then make an extra copy where I put in my own marks to
indicate important passages or section/document breaks. If I am
feeling really ambitious, I might use html heading indicators, but
usually I just use something like three slashes (///) to indicate the
beginning of a new passage. (I don't know why I picked that
string--it's just what I usually do.) I then might use (*) to mark
something that is important to me, and I will often put my notes in
angle brackets. <This is a note> I use plain text because they open
more quickly and are also easily accessible on my braille displays
that have internal note-taking capabilities, such as the Braille Edge
I have for work.

Having said this, my practice is transactional, so this method might
not work for a litigator who needs information from pleadings that
don't translate well into text. I do generally get enough information
for my needs using this method. My assistant goes over any handwriting
or other irregularities with me. If I need to edit the document, she
converts it into Word and cleans it up before I edit.

Angie


On 8/29/16, Gerard Sadlier via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I haven't read this thread but I like to convert these files to simple
> txt. That way I find they open and read very quickly and are the more
> word searchable. Where the document is internally paginated, this
> works particularly well.
>
> G
>
> On 8/29/16, Scott C. Labarre via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hey folks, I haven't closely followed this whole thread and perhaps
>> someone
>> else has already mentioned this, but when I saw the discussion about the
>> iPhone, it reminded me that the KNFB Reader app does a great job of
>> converting pdf files.  The app is less than $100 and does a good job alos,
>> of course, of taking pictures and putting documents into text.  That is
>> its
>> main purpose, afterall, but it also does a great job with pdf's.
>>
>> Best,
>> Scott
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Melissa
>> Allman via BlindLaw
>> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 12:00 PM
>> To: Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: mrallman116 at gmail.com; Elizabeth Rene <rene0373 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] question about reading large documents
>>
>>  Hi Elizabeth. I don't think anyone suggested this and yes it is a great
>> idea. M I often do this as well. Unfortunately though, I have found
>> circumstances where I open the PDF in iBooks and it doesn't read it there
>> either.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Aug 29, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Elizabeth Rene via BlindLaw
>>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I haven't followed this thread, so someone may have suggested this
>>> already, but I regularly read 500-1000-page files by having them sent to
>>> me as digital PDF's, then opening them up in iBooks. That way I can use
>>> my
>>> iPhone or iPad to listen to them using VoiceOver, or, if the file comes
>>> in
>>> pieces, maybe only convert the necessary pieces into Word for closer
>>> reading. Apple handles digital PDFs so beautifully.
>>> Elizabeth
>>>
>>> Elizabeth M René
>>> Attorney at Law
>>> WSBA #10710
>>> KCBA #21824
>>> rene0373 at gmail.com
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