[humanser] dealing with handwritten forms

[David Andrews]

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At 01:49 PM 1/25/2009, you wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>I have an idea.  We covered the accessible form issue fairly 
>comprehensively with JR last month.  Does anyone have the bulk of 
>the conversation they could send to Shannon because I( have already 
>deleted them from my trash.
>
>It would be good if we could get a kind of best of topic thing 
>going, so when someone has a popular general question like 
>Shannon's, we can send out a response we have already 
>developed.  After getting the general overview out of the way, we 
>can get down to the nuts and bolts with the group on a more personal 
>basis.  Does anyone think this would be a good idea?
>----- Original Message ----- From: "solsticesinger" <solsticesinger at gmail.com>
>To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 8:03 AM
>Subject: Re: [humanser] dealing with handwritten forms
>
>
>>When you talk about scripting them, what exactly do you mean?
>>
>>Shannon
>>Women will starve in silence until new stories are created which confer on
>>them the power of naming themselves.
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikki Dobens" <nfugett at cinci.rr.com>
>>To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 10:00 PM
>>Subject: Re: [humanser] dealing with handwritten forms
>>
>>
>>I was just thinking that if the paper forms could be put into the computer,
>>someone could script them for you and make them accessible.  I'm guessing
>>you use Jaws or Windoweyes?You could tab through the forms, if they could be
>>made accessible.
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "solsticesinger" 
>><solsticesinger at gmail.com>
>>To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 9:57 PM
>>Subject: Re: [humanser] dealing with handwritten forms
>>
>>
>>>Nikki,
>>>
>>>Thank you so much for this idea. I will definitely talk to my department
>>>for
>>>blind services, and see what can be arranged. I'll also, of course, bring
>>>this up to my supervisor, to get her thoughts on the matter.
>>>
>>>I'm glad you mentioned the whole confidentiality thing, as I know that's a
>>>big deal, and I wasn't sure how a reader would fit in.
>>>
>>>Shannon
>>>Women will starve in silence until new stories are created which confer on
>>>them the power of naming themselves.
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikki Dobens" <nfugett at cinci.rr.com>
>>>To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 8:10 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [humanser] dealing with handwritten forms
>>>
>>>
>>>    Shannon,
>>>I know that when I did my internship in social work, they suggested to me
>>>that I get a reader a couple times a week or as often as I needed to help
>>>with paper work.  Agencies usually make the person sign a
>>>confidentialityform.  You might want to check with a department for the
>>>blind if there is one there, to see if there is a volunteer.  If not, the
>>>state services for the blind or maybe the internship site might provide
>>>one.
>>>I hope this helps.  Internships can be overwhelming.  I did one a few
>>>years
>>>ago, and I have a couple to do for my Masters.  It can be challenging.
>>>Good
>>>luck.
>>>Nikki
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "solsticesinger" 
>>><solsticesinger at gmail.com>
>>>To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 6:43 PM
>>>Subject: [humanser] dealing with handwritten forms
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi, all.
>>>>
>>>>I rarely post to this list, but now, I have a question.
>>>>
>>>>I'm interning at a cancer care organization in Fort Worth. Much of the
>>>>job
>>>>seems to entail filling out forms, or inputting data from handwritten
>>>>forms into the computer. Some of the information is gathered directly
>>>>from
>>>>the client, but I'm finding the paperwork to be a bit overwhelming. I'm
>>>>wondering if any of you have suggestions on how I can handle this, so
>>>>that
>>>>my internship can be as rewarding as possible.
>>>>
>>>>I'm willing to install scanning software on the computer there, but,
>>>>because of the handwritten parts, as well as the basic formatting of the
>>>>forms, I'm not sure how well this would work.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for any help anyone might be able to offer.
>>>>
>>>>Shannon
>>>>Women will starve in silence until new stories are created which confer
>>>>on
>>>>them the power of naming themselves.
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