[blindlaw] question about accessibility of Lexis v. Westlaw

Melissa Allman mrallman116 at gmail.com
Sun Jun 12 21:05:13 UTC 2016


I unfortunately don't have an article to share but I'm glad to know the text only version still exists because I didn't think it did once they switched to Westlaw Next.


Melissa Allman
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> On Jun 12, 2016, at 2:49 PM, Deepa Goraya via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know about any articles or postings regarding the accessibility
> of Lexis versus Westlaw? I'm trying to convince my employer to switch to
> Westlaw, and I need to show them how Westlaw is more accessible compared to
> Lexis, particularly Lexis Advance. I know, as I've mentioned before on here,
> that Westlaw has a text only version which is great, has referencing
> attorneys who know about screen readers and can train people how to use
> Westlaw with a screen reader, and seems to be easier to navigate. Lexis is
> accessible, but not to the extent that Westlaw is. I can't seem to find
> anyone there who can train me on how to use Lexis with a screen reader, and
> it doesn't seem to have a more accessible version like Westlaw does. It's
> also not as user friendly. But if there are any more formal comparisons out
> there, I'd love to be able to share those.
> 
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> 
> Thanks.
> 
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> 
> Deepa
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> 
> 
> Deepinder K. Goraya, ESQ.
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