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Lawyers Like Paper

Lawyers Like Paper. Brief Service documents Contracts, such as retainer agreements Demographic forms, such as Income verification forms Releases Informational handouts Brochures. Plain Text. Plain text can simply be a document typed in Microsoft Word

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Lawyers Like Paper

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  1. Lawyers Like Paper • Brief Service documents • Contracts, such as retainer agreements • Demographic forms, such as Income verification forms • Releases • Informational handouts • Brochures

  2. Plain Text • Plain text can simply be a document typed in Microsoft Word • Have electronic plain text versions of all documents available. • Can be read by screen reader software or printed in Braille

  3. Depends on the Person • Large Print • Ask what size font they prefer • Or show them documents in different size fonts • There are different Grades of Braille • May want the documents read to them • Provide a private location to fill out documents • Provide a way to request reasonable accommodations • Can ship free matter for the blind • Must be marked 'Free Matter for the Blind or Handicapped' in the upper right corner of the address side.

  4. Fillable Forms

  5. Fillable Forms

  6. Fillable Forms

  7. Software • Screen reader software reads the screen to a user who is blind or has low vision • Demo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK97XMibEws • Assistive software can enlarge any computer screen • Demo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P55IVlpSXIg

  8. Website Accessibility • Bad Contrast

  9. Website Accessibility • Alt tags – Alternative Text

  10. Website Accessibility • Image descriptions

  11. Website Accessibility • Skip Navigation

  12. Screen Reader Accessibility Tools • Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool • http://wave.webaim.org • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines • www.w3c.org/WAI/Resources • Website Accessibility Assessment • http://www.nablement.com/services/website-accessibility-assessment/ • Equal Access to Software and Information • http://easi.cc/

  13. PDF Accessibility • Scanned images of text • Tags • Fillable Forms • Alt text on images or hyperlinks • Accessibility Quick Check (6.0 versions of Adobe) • http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/pdfs/acro6_pg_ue.pdf

  14. Vision/Blindness Organizations • Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind • http://chicagolighthouse.org/ • (312) 666-1331 • Second Sense (formerly the Guild for the Blind) • www.second-sense.org • (312) 236-8569 • National Federation of the Blind • www.nfb.org • (773) 307-6440 • American Council of the Blind • www.acb.org • (800) 424-8666

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