[blindLaw] Inaccessibility and Confidentiality

[James Fetter]

Julie,
In situations like this, I would ask a paralegal or legal assistant to help. You may not have someone in that exact role in the clinic, but the law school needs to provide a human reader, other than your clinic partner, to enable you to do the work. A few years ago, I explored using Aira for dealing with documents containing handwriting,but it went nowhere due to confidentiality concerns which the company failed to address in a serious way. 

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> On Sep 8, 2023, at 2:28 PM, Julie A. Orozco via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Thank you for all of your advice so far. Clinic is going well, and I
> am learning plenty.
> 
> One thing is coming up sooner than I thought it would be a problem. I
> am encountering inaccessible documents, of course, but all my tricks
> for OCR are failing me. I am not yet sure why in this case, but my
> first guess is that there is handwriting on this particular document.
> No matter what I do, I can't get anything from jibberish from Jaws
> when I try to read it.
> 
> This is client info, so I can't just send it to someone else, call
> AIRA, or even get another blind person to take a crack at it. I have a
> clinic partner, but I hate having to ask her for every little thing,
> especially since this is supposed to be the assignment I agreed to do
> myself. I'm sure some of you have to deal with this on the job. What
> do you do when you have to maintain confidentiality and encounter
> inaccessible client documents? In addition, what accommodations do you
> ask for in these situations? Is a reader my best and only option? I
> know a human reader could sign a form stating that they will keep info
> confidential, and that's what I did in the past when I worked in a
> similar position at my university.
> 
> Thank you for any advice,
> 
> Julie
> 
> -- 
> Julie A. Orozco
> MM Vocal Performance, 2015; American University Washington College of
> Law, JD Candidate 2023
> 
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