[blindLaw] Assisstibe Tech

[Nikki Singh]

Hi All,

I agree with all this. I will also add that use of something more robust,
like Aira, may still not be possible depending on the nature of your
practice. For instance, I am concerned about unauthorized disclosures in my
own practice because I am routinely looking at highly sensitive financial
and personally identifiable information. An unauthorized disclosure for my
context is something like confidentiality on steroids and if done with
intent, can carry jail time. In fact, if you are not assigned to a matter
at the office, you cannot look at another attorney's materials for that
other matter. Relatedly, a national security practice will have even
stricter considerations about confidentiality, disclosure, and access. The
only solution is going to be a human reader who has attained the same level
of authorization or clearance as the blind attorney who wants to review
materials subject to some heightened sensitivity or confidentiality
classification.

Sincerely,
Nikki

On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 11:03 AM Al Elia via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> You ask about two different types of softwares:
>
> Be My Eyes connects you to live   volunteers. There is no
> client-confidentiality protection involved there. It’s AI feature shares
> your images with a third-party provider with no ability for you to control
> that third-party’s use of data.
>
> Seeing AI: This is a Microsoft product. It primarily runs on your phone,
> though it sends some images to Microsoft. Read the terms and conditions and
> see if you are comfortable using it.
>
> Other similar services/software:
>
> Aira Explorer: Uses paid agents and is a paid service similar to Be My
> Eyes. Aira has confidentiality provisions in some of their service
> contracts to allow business use by governments etc. Again, read the terms
> and conditions, but I suggest using this instead of Be My Eyes for any work
> where confidentiality/sensitivity is implicated. Just keep in mind that it
> can get expensive. However, it may be a reasonable accommodation from an
> employer, and may be more cost-effective than a traditional human reader.
>
> Lookout: Google’s Seeing AI competitor. My comments re Seeing AI apply,
> just replacing Microsoft with Google.
>
> I hope that is helpful.
>
> /Æ
>
>
> On 23 Apr 2024, at 9:24, Thomas Dukeman wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone has used either Seeing AI or Be my eyes on
> legal documents with people's information on it and habe any issues with
> keeping confidentiality with it not sabving any of the confidential info on
> the documents?
>
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