[blindlaw] Accessibility of eDiscovery Platforms ...

[Rod Alcidonis, Esquire]

Elizabeth:

Government institutions represent the main cause of the problem. As long as 
they keep purchasing JAWS without any demands from Freedom Scientific, each 
update to the software will continue to be full of gimmicks ant not much to 
be helpful in a job environment. If Freedom Scientific was a company truly 
committed to accessibility and not just its bottom line, by now it would 
fully support at least one major accounting software, legal practice 
management software, and Etc.. This will happen only when the folks who 
subsidize its existence begin to mount sufficient pressure to change the 
status quo. Because the company fail so miserably in that department, I find 
it to be a joke to continue to refer to JAWS as "Job Access With Speech" and 
not as something else.

Currently, sound engineers have to work on their own accessibility package 
to operate their studios. Lawyers have to develop custom scripts to get 
basic access to case management software; accountants are in the same boat. 
call center technologies have been left behind. Educators barely have access 
to modern applications. But some how, Freedom Scientific remains the only 
king in the industry.



Rod Alcidonis, Esq.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Elizabeth Rene via BlindLaw
Sent: Thursday, July 7, 2016 11:44 AM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Cc: Elizabeth Rene
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Accessibility of eDiscovery Platforms ...

Hi all,
Having read the last few posts with keen interest, I'm beginning to wonder 
whether it isn't time for the blind legal community and for other like 
groups  to insist to Freedom Scientific that it produce versions of JAWS 
that are compatible with the leading professional software programs.
Haven"t the days of one-size-fits-all passed? Isn't it time for blind 
lawyers to stop saying to employers, to opposing counsel, and to the court, 
"I'm sorry, but JAWS won't do that?"
With the prices charged for JAWS, and with Apple/VoiceOver's stiff 
competition, should we continue to spend hours and hours crafting 
work-arounds when we should be practicing law?
I'm growing impatient with hostagehood to the technology that was developed 
to serve us.
We are the consumers.

Elizabeth M René
Attorney at Law
WSBA #10710
KCBA #21824
rene0373 at gmail.com
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