[Athen] Incoming Law student who uses Jaws and Braille

[Stephen (Alex) Marositz]

Hi Lorraine

I used Westlaw all throughout Law School. I think I had to use it in "classic view" to get it to work well with Jaws. In that view, all sources were in basic HTML. You could also download accessible PDFs. I used Pocket, a Firefox extension, to make the research go a little faster. I've heard the "Next" Product is now accessible too but classic, because it is simple HTML, I suspect is still easier to use.

We used something like Core Grammar, but I don't remember the name of it. It had a companion book which I just asked AMAC to convert to word. They did, and I just used that instead.

HTH, and, feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions about accessible legal content. I completed my degree at a law school that did not have a SSD office so I had to figure a lot of this out on my own.


Stephen Alexander (Alex) Marositz J.D. CPACC
Accessible Technology Initiative Coordinator
Information Technology Services, California State University Dominguez Hills
(310)243-3077

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Good morning,

Please can you give me some information on the following online data bases and other questions for our incoming student.


1.        Has anyone worked with the Westlaw/Lexis databases on line with Jaws and do you have anything  to share on how to database with Jaws.

2.       Core Grammar - has anyone used the Core Grammar site with Jaws and can give me feedback on how it works.

Thank you for your help.

Best,

Lorraine

Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS
Assistant Director Disability and Access Services
Boston University
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