[blindLaw] Westlaw and Accessibility

[Laura Wolk]

I'm so glad to hear about your positive experiences, Scott and James!
We were forcibly upgraded, but I reverted back because I didn't want
to risk it.  James, can you please give step-by-steps on how to use
the copy cite feature on edge?

On 2/19/20, Scott C. LaBarre via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hey Everyone, we have had a good relationship with Thomson Reuters and
> their
> West Law group over the years.  I am happy to approach them under the NABL
> flag but would like to aggregate issues if I can.  So if there are other
> issues besides the copy cite problem, please let me know.  By the way, I
> have converted over to Edge and everything I've tried thus far seems to
> work
> well but I am not yet a power user, by any means.
>
> Best,
> Scott
>
> slabarre at labarrelaw.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Singh, Nandini
> via
> BlindLaw
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> Cc: Singh, Nandini <NSingh at cov.com>
> Subject: Re: [blindLaw] Westlaw and Accessibility
>
> Laura,
>
> I have brought up the copy cite issue each time I call Westlaw about its
> performance with JAWS. Whoever is assisting me writes it down for West's
> development team, but maybe there is not a critical mass of people
> requesting improvement since it has been something I have repeatedly
> raised.
> I am not sure what else could be the hang-up in this regard. There should
> be
> a technological solution other than my having to copy it from the case
> frontal matter.
>
> I am not sure about Edge and am probably just as concerned as you are. I am
> also dealing with a disastrous Windows update that has rendered my email
> and
> word processing nearly impossible to use, though I admit this is not quite
> the same problem of an inaccessible environment for JAWS. All the pointless
> updates and upgrades can really have a negative impact.
>
> Regards,
> Nikki
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Laura Wolk via
> BlindLaw
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 11:09 AM
> To: Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Laura Wolk <laura.wolk at gmail.com>
> Subject: [blindLaw] Westlaw and Accessibility
>
> [EXTERNAL]
>
> All,
>
> What is the progress with Westlaw making the (very basic) Copy Cite feature
> accessible?  This is on my short list of things that NABL should be
> bringing
> its clout down , and probably should have years ago.  If I added up all the
> seconds it takes for me to glean this information that sighted people
> obtain
> with the click of a button...
> I'd be getting a lot more sleep.  Not to mention, Westlaw is used in every
> law school across the country for teaching purposes.  I'm still not really
> sure how it and Lexis have not been the subject of litigation on this point
> by now.
>
> Along that same line, apparently like all other companies westlaw has felt
> the need to update a not broken system to a new product called "Westlaw
> Edge."
> https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/insights/articles/announcing-westlaw-edg
> e
>
> I'm sure peoples' firms will be forcibly converted over time to this new
> platform.  Has NFB had any contact with the developpers to ensure that we
> don't have another horror show where these "latest and greatest" features
> are in fact not accessible and result in blind lawyers not being able to do
> their jobs?
>
> Thanks,
> Laura
>
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