[blindLaw] Inaccessibility and Confidentiality

[Sanho Steele-Louchart]

Julie:

A part-time reader seems necessary for exactly this reason. I also use
them to give a once-over to any documents I'm put in front of a judge.
If the issue's caused by an internal procedure, I'd look into a change
in that procedure so I could independently access the material. A
change in internal procedure is irrelevant if the issue is with
external records such as police reports, medical histories, or certain
documents from clients.

Warmth,
Sanho

On 9/8/23, James Fetter via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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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