[blindLaw] 1st Summer at a Large Law Firm

[Laura Wolk]

Jaws built-in OCR is definitely insufficient.  It may be for your
current purposes, but it won't be in the long run so you may as well
take the opportunity to try figuring out something that will work for
you.  I guarantee you if its a big firm they have institutional
licenses to programs that will be much faster for you.

On 5/9/21, Syed Rizvi via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Thank you so much for all of this wonderful advice.
>
>> On May 9, 2021, at 3:42 PM, Singh, Nandini via BlindLaw
>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> I have been working at a large law firm for a few years. My suite of
>> technology includes a firm laptop with JAWS, Omni Page to OCR large
>> batched documents or anything else that is a troublesome PDF, a Braille
>> display, and an iPhone to receive firm email. I think that you can get by
>> with JAWS, Omni Page, and an iPhone/iPad, but if you like Braille and use
>> it, then request the display as well.
>>
>> Being a summer associate is fairly different from being a full time
>> attorney. I think as far as advice for this position would go, get to know
>> your legal secretary and/or a paralegal who sits on your floor well. These
>> folks will help you bridge any sort of gaps, i.e. serve as readers, for
>> the times you encounter something that is best handled by human eyes and
>> intelligence.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Syed Rizvi via
>> BlindLaw
>> Sent: Sunday, May 9, 2021 3:02 PM
>> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Syed Rizvi <syedrizvinfb at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [blindLaw] 1st Summer at a Large Law Firm
>>
>> [EXTERNAL]
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Though I start law school this September, this Summer I will be a summer
>> associate at a 900 attorney international firm, as part of a diversity
>> initiative. So far, I have just requested that JAWS be installed on my
>> work laptop. Please let me know if you may have any tips and advice for
>> working in this space as a blind individual.
>>
>> Most Gratefully,
>>     Syed Rizvi
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