[blindlaw] More reply to Brandon Young

[Carrie Ann Lucas]

I don't know about Kruzweil, but Zoomtext does not have a very sophisticated
screen reader, and it's about impossible to design anything other than a
plain text page to use with it.  Zoomtext is primarily a screen enlarger,
and is designed to read small amounts of text through its screen reader, but
it's not designed to navigate with the screen reader.  That being said, I
primarily use zoomtext (and a bit of window eyes), and I have no problems
using Lexis or Westlaw with it.  When I had access to both as a law student,
I preferred Lexis because I like their service better. Now I only have
Westlaw access, but I have no access problems using Zoomtext.  

I think someone mentioned having the right tools for the job.  If you need
to use a screen reader to access online research, then you should use a
screen reader, but Zoomtext is not a fully functional screen reader, and
won't provide the access you want.  That is not a Lexis/Westlaw issue, that
is a Zoomtext issue.  

Carrie Ann Lucas
Attorney/Equal Justice Works Fellow
Center for Rights of Parents with Disabilities
Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition
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-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Patrick Brendan O'Reilly
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 12:29 PM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blindlaw] More reply to Brandon Young

Oh, and quite simply...

My experience proved to me that screen readers (ZoomText and Kurzweil) did
not work well with Westlaw and Lexis. I addressed this issue with both Lexis
and Westlaw and received no satisfaction.

Thus, I doubt that moving to a screen reader (which, as I've stated DID NOT
WORK with either Lexis or Westlaw) will help.


On 8/28/06 11:00 AM, "blindlaw-request at nfbnet.org"
<blindlaw-request at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> This message deals with the author of the accessibility issues.  It 
> sounds as if you are trying to use the products as a sighted person 
> and not a blind person.  AS Scott Labarre always talks about, you need 
> to get the proper skills in order to succeed as a blind person.  So 
> moving to a screen reader will probably help you in this manner.  As 
> for the bill of rights, I think that no one is replying because we as 
> blind people do not want to be grouped together with other people with 
> disabilities.  These are just a few thoughts.


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