[blindLaw] Reading handwriting as a blind attorney

Sanho Steele-Louchart sanho817 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 9 20:31:12 UTC 2023


Agreed with Niki. Apps get us close, but not far enough.

On 2/9/23, Singh, Nandini via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Sarah,
>
> I have always enlisted the assistance of a reader. In my experience, I have
> not come across a good OCR app that can deal with handwriting well, let
> alone accurately. I have had matters with medical records and pro se
> litigants who submit handwritten filings. A reader is the best way to go.
>
> Regards,
> Nikki
>
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> Subject: [blindLaw] Reading handwriting as a blind attorney
>
> [EXTERNAL]
>
> Hello, I was wondering if anyone had experience dealing with records and
> other documents that contain hand writing. If so, what is the best way to
> read these documents? An example would be medical records in which someone
> has written on them. Are there any iOS apps that accurately can read this
> writing?  What about documents that are entirely hand written. Or is the
> only option to get assistance from someone else for this task. Thank you in
> advance.
>
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