[blindlaw] Bluebook

[David Andrews]

Whoops, I made a JAWS assumption -- which isn't 
necessarily true.  Other screen readers will have 
other facilities, as may other devices.  You will 
just have to dig around, as this kind of 
indication is usually turned off by default.

Dave

At 08:48 PM 9/8/2016, you wrote:
>There are actually ways in which you can get 
>this kind of information more  automatically, 
>but most people find it overwhelming.  There are 
>different "sound schemes" some of which are for 
>proof reading. Turn on the one you want, if you 
>need instructions you can always e-mail support at vfo-group.com
>
>Dave
>
>At 05:27 PM 9/7/2016, you wrote:
>>Hey Jamyanne, others may know better, but I'm 
>>not aware of any setting. However, you can use 
>>insert F to get JAWS to read stuff like bold, 
>>italics etc.  However, I would honestly use a 
>>Braille display if you can get one from Voc 
>>Rehab. Using blue book without one is somewhat 
>>difficult, editing a paper without one I think 
>>would be extremely difficult! Best regards 
>>Derek Manners Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 7, 
>>2016, at 6:08 PM, Jameyanne Fuller via BlindLaw 
>><blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote: > > Thank you all 
>>for the advice. I'm going to try the online 
>>version, since there's a thirty day free 
>>trial. > Will JAWS recognize 
>>italics/underlining/bold? It usually doesn't 
>>tell me that stuff. Is there a setting I should 
>>turn on so it does? > Thanks again, > 
>>Jameyanne > > -----Original Message----- > 
>>From: BlindLaw 
>>[mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
>>Of kelby carlson via BlindLaw > Sent: 
>>Wednesday, September 7, 2016 1:30 PM > To: 
>>Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> > 
>>Cc: kelby carlson <kelbycarlson at gmail.com> > 
>>Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Bluebook > > A 
>>preemptive tip for journal: my journal 
>>substitutes bold for small > caps, so perhaps 
>>ask your editors if you can do the same, 
>>assuming you > make it on. > >> On 9/7/16, 
>>Michal Nowicki via BlindLaw 
>><blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote: >> Hi 
>>Jameyanne, >> >> The online version is easy to 
>>navigate with a screen reader. I don’t 
>>know >> about other screen readers, but JAWS 
>>does a good job identifying formatting >> 
>>attributes in the online version with the 
>>exception of small caps, which you >> will need 
>>to use during your second and/or third year of 
>>law school if you >> are on a law journal. If 
>>you need to figure out what needs to be in 
>>small >> caps and what doesn’t, I’m afraid 
>>the only nonvisual way to do so >> 
>>independently using JAWS is to copy and paste 
>>the example(s) into a Word >> document and 
>>check that way, as JAWS cannot identify small 
>>caps on a web >> page or in a PDF 
>>document. >> >> I hope this helps. Good luck 
>>with your studies. >> >> Michal >> >> Sent from 
>>Mail for Windows 10 >> >> From: Derek Manners 
>>via BlindLaw >> 
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