[blindLaw] Anxiety about misconstruing content due to accessibility barriers

Sat Apr 11 14:01:13 UTC 2020

Hi all

I firmly agree with James that it is not appropriate to ask anyone
outside of the firm to read a document to you.

If in doubt Rahul, you need to ask for assistance. I would always
check that a document that should have been signed (like a contract)
has been for example. Personally, I find converting documents to text
generally gives the safest results. Ideally, I would copy out of a pdf
but if necessary I would convert using Omnipage.

Sorry I couldn't be more help and for the belated reply.

Kind regards

Ger

On 4/1/20, Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Thank you. This is helpful.
>
> James, while using single-page view, how do you use the find command
> effectively in PDFs? For that requires access to the whole document to
> isolate what is important. Do you run the find command on the whole document
> and then switch to single-page navigation on having located the relevant
> pages?
>
> Rahul
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 31, 2020, at 11:59 PM, James Fetter via BlindLaw
>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> I'm not comfortable using either a family member or Aira agent for
>> anything involving privileged or confidential information. I frequently
>> convert PDFs to Word and have my reading preferences in Adobe set such
>> that only one page is displayed at a time. This seems to solve the jumping
>> around issue. I have also found that reading PDFs on my (technically my
>> firm's) iPhone is a workable solution.
>>
>>
>>> On 3/31/2020 2:18 PM, Paul Harpur via BlindLaw wrote:
>>> Also Facetime a family member you trust if it is sensitive.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Associate Professor Paul Harpur
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>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Shannon
>>> via BlindLaw
>>> Sent: Wednesday, 1 April 2020 3:59 AM
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>>> Cc: Shannon <sbg at sbgaal.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [blindLaw] Anxiety about misconstruing content due to
>>> accessibility barriers
>>>
>>> I struggle with them.  The only solution I have found is when the
>>> document is unclear after ocr, having sighted assistance to look at the
>>> part that is unclear.  An AIRA agent is helpful if you do not want to ask
>>> a colleague or legal assistant.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rahul
>>> Bajaj via BlindLaw
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 12:53 PM
>>> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: Rahul Bajaj
>>> Subject: [blindLaw] Anxiety about misconstruing content due to
>>> accessibility barriers
>>>
>>> Hi, all,
>>>
>>> This may be a strange question. However, I findmyself worrying
>>> incessantly about having misread or skipped something in legal documents
>>> because of an accessibility barrier. Specifically, these feelings become
>>> particularly pronounced for me, and my confidence in what I read is not
>>> up to the mark,given that:
>>> A. One has to often convert documents into an accessible format using an
>>> OCR solution. And the accuracy level of the output sometimes leaves much
>>> to be desired; and B. JAWS often jumps around in PDF documents between
>>> paras of its own accord, so I end up not being fully confident about what
>>> I have read in such documents.
>>>
>>> Does anyone else struggle with these thoughts? Do you have in mind any
>>> solutions?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Rahul
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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