[blindlaw] Issues using Jaws and Westlaw in the last 24 hours.

Thu Aug 10 16:17:41 UTC 2017

I have also encountered the issue of not being able to exit the folder area after saving a document to a folder. 

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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Issues using Jaws and Westlaw in the last 24 hours.

To answer the original question, I have not noticed any strange behavior on Westlaw lately.  I use the text.westlaw.com site.

Regarding copying text, I have JAWS set to "select and copy from virtual cursor."  That gives me just the selected text with no formatting, and is very reliable.  I honestly don't know how to do the copy with citation that has been referenced.

I have encountered the problem with not being able to get out of the save to folder area, and have not come up with a solution.

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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Issues using Jaws and Westlaw in the last 24 hours.

I have problems regularly selecting and copying text from WestLaw.
Frequently I end up with text I didn't mean to copy pasted into my document, or missing words I thought were selected. And I'm sure I selected the text. I have a Braille display and speech and I'm very specific about what I am trying to copy.

Additionally does anyone else have the following problems with WestLaw on a regular basis:
_ if I save a case or statute to a folder, I can't exit out of the folder area. It says you should be able to close it with escape or by pressing enter on the close button but neither works for me.
- I can never access the advanced search link with JAWS 18. I always have to unload JAWS 18 and bring up JAWS 16 to activate the link.
-Shannon

On 8/9/17, Josh Loevy via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org><mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org%3e> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Curious if anyone else has come across issues with Westlaw in the last day.
> Specifically, Jaws is having trouble reading the formatting of cases, 
> and will not copy and paste correctly. My sighted colleagues have had 
> no issues. I am planning on contacting Westlaw, but wanted to see if 
> anyone else is running into similar problems.
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