[blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers

[Gerard Sadlier]

Hello,

I receive pdfs and run them through ocr software to make them
accessible myself. I find it helpful to have pdfs available to me,
particularly when I need to share them with the other side in
litigation. Text files would not be appropriate for that purpose.
Kind regards

Ger

On 1/21/16, Dan Beitz via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I OCR PDF documents with omnipage.  It works great because you just go to
> the document you want to OCR, hit the context menu key, choose omnipage, and
> the document is converted and automatically given the same name with a
> different document extension by omnipage.  My paralegal will sometimes
> convert documents for me with Adobe, but this doesn't work as well.
>
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> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai Tomasi
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> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:40 PM
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> Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents
> Accessible to Screen Readers
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> Hello all. I am blind and just began working as a staff attorney for
> Disability Rights Iowa. I use the JAWS for Windows screen reader. I am
> interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned legal
> documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen readers. This
> usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR (optical character
> recognition).
> I envision an office in which all documents are eventually electronically
> accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. The PDFs produced by
> my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, necessitating the extra step of
> running them through scanning software myself. Blind attorneys, how do you
> handle this? My employer is very willing to accommodate, but I am not sure
> what to recommend, given they know little about these advanced technology
> issues. I would like to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures
> (i.e. software, hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this
> problem, as I need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who
> know nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind
> says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is
> appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tai Tomasi, J.D.
> Staff Attorney
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