[blindLaw] Accessing Case Text Without Citations etc.

[Seif-Eldeen Saqallah]

Yes, agreed. You can also download the case in PDF and read it that way. Or
download it and either PDF or Word and save as a TXT file.


On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 21:12 Julie McGinnity via BlindLaw <
blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Unfortunately, the others are right. This was a great annoyance to me
> too once I started law school. I would advise though either reading
> the cases directly on Westlaw if you can or trying to convert the case
> files into HTML perhaps. Sometimes if you get a case file taken from
> Westlaw and put into Word, there are actually an unreasonable amount
> of distracting things, including links in the text. Also, sometimes
> case files thrown into word documents end up in columns. That was
> another nasty surprise I never hope for anyone to encounter. Reading
> the cases straight from Westlaw though isn't bad.
>
> Julie
>
> On 5/18/21, Angie Matney via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > As others have said, there's no good way to eliminate this information.
> If
> > you are a JAWS user and you don't already do this, you might try using a
> > sound scheme that announces funt and attribute changes. I find this
> helpful
> > because hearing JAWS say that a case name is in italics helps delineate
> > things for me.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Angie
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On May 18, 2021, at 5:48 PM, Syed Rizvi via BlindLaw <
> blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear All,
> >>
> >> I am currently taking a law school prep course. The cases we are reading
> >> are pulled from West Law. There are numerous citation numbers, footers
> and
> >> stuff that is not the text of the case. I understand all these citations
> >> etc. are important, but for my purpose, I would like to access just the
> >> text of the case, as trying to listen for the text amongst all the
> numbers
> >> is really driving me up the wall. Is there a solution to this?
> >>
> >> Thank you so much!
> >>
> >> Respectfully,
> >>     Syed Rizvi
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> Law, JD Candidate 2023
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