[blindLaw] Accessing Case Text Without Citations etc.

[Syed Rizvi]

Julie,

Thank you so much. These are word docs from West Law. On the actual site, there are headings etc. I can navigate by. Thank you so much! 

Syed 

> On May 18, 2021, at 9:12 PM, 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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> Julie A. McGinnity
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> Law, JD Candidate 2023
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