[blindLaw] Westlaw and Accessibility

[Scott C. LaBarre]

Hey Everyone, we have had a good relationship with Thomson Reuters and their
West Law group over the years.  I am happy to approach them under the NABL
flag but would like to aggregate issues if I can.  So if there are other
issues besides the copy cite problem, please let me know.  By the way, I
have converted over to Edge and everything I've tried thus far seems to work
well but I am not yet a power user, by any means.

Best,
Scott

slabarre at labarrelaw.com

 

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Laura,

I have brought up the copy cite issue each time I call Westlaw about its
performance with JAWS. Whoever is assisting me writes it down for West's
development team, but maybe there is not a critical mass of people
requesting improvement since it has been something I have repeatedly raised.
I am not sure what else could be the hang-up in this regard. There should be
a technological solution other than my having to copy it from the case
frontal matter.

I am not sure about Edge and am probably just as concerned as you are. I am
also dealing with a disastrous Windows update that has rendered my email and
word processing nearly impossible to use, though I admit this is not quite
the same problem of an inaccessible environment for JAWS. All the pointless
updates and upgrades can really have a negative impact.

Regards,
Nikki

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Subject: [blindLaw] Westlaw and Accessibility

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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-edg
e

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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