Hi sir, 1. Which OCR would you recommend then which can process tables correctly? 2. Most of the times I use the features highlighted by you but the main problem lies in aligning graphs/ pictures/ other objects in either my word docs or PPTs. 3. I fully agree that keeping jaws on a faster rate really helps. I keep it at around 70% and it has saved my life in a lot of surprise tests <smiles>! Thanks, Ajay
On 8/16/14, Pranav Lal <pranav....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Rahul and Ajay, > > There are no easy answers to this. As for inaccessible formats, the only > way > is to know your software. For OCR, use the blindness specific ones because > FineReader does not give you all the data you need. You need to scan read > and not scan first and then read. As for track changes and other features, > use jaws and use features like listing revisions. If you can't get jaws, > you may want to request the NVDA developers to add similar features. > > I keep my jaws speech rate slider at about 56% which allows me to read > faster than my sighted counterparts. Yes, they acquire information faster > but some of them appear to process it more slowly so the faster speech rate > helps. > > As for presentations, again, it is your screen reader that helps navigate > software efficiently. Companies have defined templates which you do not > need > to deviate from. Everyone needs adjustments to a presentation. You cannot > know what is good. Take a pre-existing presentation and use that. > > Be open to learning on the fly. I used to be in consulting where I had to > meet clients one on one. I was at a client location when he wanted some > slides re-ordered. I had no idea how to do this. The follow-up meeting was > in 30 minutes therefore I did not have time to seek any assistance. A quick > google search and then I had to adapt those instructions to my situation. > That is when I learnt how to use the slide sorter in Microsoft PowerPoint. > > Yes, you can take technology learning shortcuts like getting yourselves > trained on your technology. Take them and do not skimp on their cost. > > I need to know specifics of your situations to really help. Mostly, you > need > to work around whatever limitations you have. The problem with interning is > that you get a lot of visual work like formatting documents. I am > constantly > on the lookout for hapless interns who I recruit to help me with > presentations and other visual tasks. > > One thing that may give you an edge is if you spell check your work. You > will be surprised at the number of people who fail to do this. Oh, get as > updated version of Microsoft Office as is possible. Use markup like heading > styles and let Word handle formatting. > > Pranav > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of Rahul Bajaj > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 8:02 PM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: [AI] Productivity and efficiency > > Hi all, > > I hope this message finds you well. > In the last one year, I have done a large array of interesting > internships in different areas of the law. > While I have mostly had very rewarding and enriching experiences, I > have also had to deal with a unique set of challenges along the way. > For me, the greatest challenge has been being able to perform my > assignments as expeditiously as my sighted counterparts. > In most successful and prestigious organizations, especially in the > private sector, you are not only required to perform your assignments > well, but are also expected to complete your work within a stipulated > time period. Therefore, it is critical to maintain efficiency in order > to be able to compete with your counterparts. > > I am often required to access material which is not in an accessible > format and has to be converted into an accessible format by using Fine > Reader, etc. > Similarly, I often find it hard to use advanced features in MS Office > like track changes, footnotes, etc as expeditiously as I would like > to. Don't even get me started on Adobe Reader! > Even though this can, to some extent, be attributed to the fact that I > am not as tech savvy as I need to be, I believe that it also has to do > with some inherent flaws of assistive technology which can often be > slow and unreliable. > As a result, I invariably have to invest more time and energy into my > work than my sighted counterparts in order to be able to produce > substantive and satisfactory results. > However, this solution really doesn't work in organizations where > every employee has a heavy workload, so everyone has to work for at > least 12-14 hours a day to get their work done. > In such a case, there is virtually no scope for a visually impaired > employee to invest more time and energy than his sighted counterparts. > So, the upshot is that the visually impaired employee is assigned > lesser work which leads to lower job satisfaction. > In sum, my uniform experience has taught me that, even though > assistive technology has made it possible for us to access information > that was hitherto inaccessible to us, it is still the next best thing > to actually reading the information and not a substitute for it. > I'd love to know what you all think about this proposition and whether > or not your experience bears this out. > What strategies have you adopted for increasing your productivity at > the workplace? > I look forward to hearing from you. > > Best, > Rahul > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind > ia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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