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

Thu Jan 21 18:36:24 UTC 2016

Hi,

My understanding is that KNFB reader is just for iPhone and Android.

G

On 1/21/16, Shannon via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> What OCR software do you use?  Is KNFB reader an available program for a
> windows based operating system?
>
> Sincerely,
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard
> Sadlier via blindlaw
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:52 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents
> Accessible to Screen Readers
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> 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
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> 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 via blindlaw
>> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:40 PM
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>> Cc: Tai Tomasi; Blind Law Mailing List
>> Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents
>> Accessible to Screen Readers
>>
>> 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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