[blindlaw] Reading hand-written revisions to documents

[Sai]

My blindness isn't such that I need this adaptation, so I defer to
others on list to give more tested answers.

But just as a thought: if it's something you don't need immediately
(such that you need a sighted reader eg), what about something like
mechanical turk or a remote (e.g. Indian) secretary service?
Transcribing handwritten notes seems like a fairly simple task that a
remote secretary could do cheaply.

Given this would be on legal docs though, I'd be concerned about
maintaining privilege.

I'm not sure what the privilege implications are of hiring an ad hoc
contractor to help access privileged documents, or using an app to do
so. Does that count as third party disclosure?

(Might be a different question, but anyone know? Now I'm rather
curious how non-disclosure and privilege issues interact with
accommodation issues. Has there ever been a case on it?)

- Sai

On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 6:42 AM, Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw
<blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I hope this message finds you well.
> I will be joining a full-service law firm after graduating this
> summer. One of the accessibility barriers that I gather I will have to
> grapple with is reading hand-written revisions to documents.
> While the track change function is extensively used by younger
> associates and other senior members of the team, I am told that
> partners prefer making revisions in hard copy documents.
> While I understand that JAWS cannot read
>  anything that is handwritten, I am wondering if there are any
> technological solutions for reading handwritten content.
> Also, if anyone here has dealt with revisions that are made using the
> handwriting feature offered by the iPad, I'd be grateful if they could
> comment about its accessibility. Thanks!
>
> Best,
> Rahul
>
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