[blindLaw] Reading handwriting as a blind attorney

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Concurring with this thread.  I have a system for readers to insert bracketed text representations of the handwriting into an accessible alternative format of the document.  This ensures you only need to work with the reader once for that document.  The harder part is making sure you don't miss a document that has handwriting on it when reviewing documents.  You tend to get a sense for what documents might have hand writing on them based on the meta data.  




-----Original Message-----
From: Sanho Steele-Louchart <sanho817 at gmail.com> 
Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2023 12:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindLaw] Reading handwriting as a blind attorney

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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sarah 
> Badillo via BlindLaw
> Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2023 2:52 PM
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Sarah Badillo <sbadillo100 at gmail.com>
> 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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