[blindlaw] Accessing Documents in an Office Setting

[Aser Tolentino]

Hello,
I was wondering if I could ask for guidance. I'm a 1L with very
limited vision. I have pretty much decided that criminal prosecution
is my calling. The problem as I see it is a very large volume of paper
material requiring rapid attention; I think I can look forward to
prepping a lot of misdemeanor cases. Judging from my skimming of the
list archives, it seems the standard solution has become scanners and
OCR; the deputy DA I addressed my concerns to, remarked that their
office had employed a reader as a reasonable accommodation in the
past. I was wondering if I could get your advice on what in your
experience would be a more suitable solution. I would also appreciate
any hardware/software recommendations you might have. I have not been
very connected to developments in assistive technology and my tendency
in recent research has been to favor options stressing portability and
speed like ABISee's Zoom-Ex camera-driven OCR; are such solutions
viable? Right now I use, JAWS in conjunction with electronic textbooks
and handouts, a CCTV and help from readers.
I'm sorry for ranging so widely and probably covering nothing that
hasn't been hashed out before, but I would be grateful for any help
you could offer.

Thank you again,
Aser