[blindLaw] Anxiety about misconstruing content due to accessibility barriers

Rahul Bajaj rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 1 19:28:23 UTC 2020


Thank you. This is helpful.

James, while using single-page view, how do you use the find command effectively in PDFs? For that requires access to the whole document to isolate what is important. Do you run the find command on the whole document and then switch to single-page navigation on having located the relevant pages?

Rahul


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> On Mar 31, 2020, at 11:59 PM, James Fetter via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I'm not comfortable using either a family member or Aira agent for anything involving privileged or confidential information. I frequently convert PDFs to Word and have my reading preferences in Adobe set such that only one page is displayed at a time. This seems to solve the jumping around issue. I have also found that reading PDFs on my (technically my firm's) iPhone is a workable solution.
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>> On 3/31/2020 2:18 PM, Paul Harpur via BlindLaw wrote:
>> Also Facetime a family member you trust if it is sensitive.
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>> Associate Professor Paul Harpur
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>> I struggle with them.  The only solution I have found is when the document is unclear after ocr, having sighted assistance to look at the part that is unclear.  An AIRA agent is helpful if you do not want to ask a colleague or legal assistant.
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>> Sincerely,
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Subject: [blindLaw] Anxiety about misconstruing content due to accessibility barriers
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>> Hi, all,
>> 
>> This may be a strange question. However, I findmyself worrying incessantly about having misread or skipped something in legal documents because of an accessibility barrier. Specifically, these feelings become particularly pronounced for me, and my confidence in what I read is not up to the mark,given that:
>> A. One has to often convert documents into an accessible format using an OCR solution. And the accuracy level of the output sometimes leaves much to be desired; and B. JAWS often jumps around in PDF documents between paras of its own accord, so I end up not being fully confident about what I have read in such documents.
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>> Does anyone else struggle with these thoughts? Do you have in mind any solutions?
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>> Best,
>> Rahul
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