[blindLaw] Westlaw and Accessibility

[James Fetter]

The copy site button is accessible when using Westlaw Edge, at least 
when using google chrome. I don't remember seeing that feature on 
Westlaw Next, and now that my firm upgraded to Edge, I'm unfortunately 
not able to see what standard Westlaw has or doesn't have. So far, the 
other features of Edge seem to be accessible, although I have not made 
extensive use of them. Most of the features involve analytics, which are 
primarily useful for district court litigation.

On 2/19/2020 11:08 AM, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw wrote:
> All,
>
> What is the progress with Westlaw making the (very basic) Copy Cite
> feature accessible?  This is on my short list of things that NABL
> should be bringing its clout down , and probably should have years
> ago.  If I added up all the seconds it takes for me to glean this
> information that sighted people obtain with the click of a button...
> I'd be getting a lot more sleep.  Not to mention, Westlaw is used in
> every law school across the country for teaching purposes.  I'm still
> not really sure how it and Lexis have not been the subject of
> litigation on this point by now.
>
> Along that same line, apparently like all other companies westlaw has
> felt the need to update a not broken system to a new product called
> "Westlaw Edge."
> https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/insights/articles/announcing-westlaw-edge
>
> I'm sure peoples' firms will be forcibly converted over time to this
> new platform.  Has NFB had any contact with the developpers to ensure
> that we don't have another horror show where these "latest and
> greatest" features are in fact not accessible and result in blind
> lawyers not being able to do their jobs?
>
> Thanks,
> Laura
>
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