[blindlaw] Case Management Software/Program

[kelby carlson]

The Prosecution Management System we use is totally inaccessible, but fortunately not everyone in the office uses it. One of my coworkers knows the developer, so we are hoping to get it re-coded for screen readers.

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> On Jan 4, 2019, at 1:20 PM, Susan Kelly via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> All I can say is, stay away from JustWare / New Dawn Technologies.  It is not even user-friendly to sighted folks, and definitely useless to anyone requiring screen narration...you will occassional hear “edit box”, but that’s it.  Could it be scripted?  Possibly, but the public defender office where I work will not pay for it, saying it’s enough to give me an ADA assistant - who must also deal with the inaccessible disclosure packets, .tif / .jpg scans of pleadings, etc...without having access to the one (very inferior) OCR program in our division.  We make do by creating shadow files in Word, with which I can then create One Note files to my preferences.
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> Susan C L Kelly
> Assistant Public Defender
> Pima County Public Defenders Office - Juvenile DIvision
> Ofc: 520-724-2994
> Fax: 520-770-4168
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> On Dec 26, 2018, at 11:12 AM, Will Burley via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
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> Greetings all,
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> I hope everyone had a great Christmas!  I believe I may have seen this on
> the list in the past but haven't been able to locate the emails.
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> I'm a paralegal and am wondering what case management program people here
> have found accessible or more accessible to perform the essential duties of
> their legal job.
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> My firm uses Legal Files and I really loathe it because I have to do JAWS
> searches to get to everything.  The screen is set up in sectors so a simple
> tabbing doesn't work as it causes the screen reader to miss information.
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> We use Legal Files for:
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> Calendaring
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> To-Do's
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> Case notes
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> Phone log notes
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> Document storage  and
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> We can save emails directly from Outlook into a person's file
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> Basically, it's our online filing system.  What programs are you using in
> your practice and how accessible have you found it?
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> Note:  We just got some scripts to get to the major parts of the program but
> this is still lacking in a major way.
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> Thanks for your thoughts on this.  I am looking to provide my job with some
> alternatives to look at over the next year.
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> Will Burley
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> Administrative Law and Litigation Paralegal
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