[Blindmath] SPSS accessibility file

[Philip So]

Hi Birkir,
Thanks for your reply.
My SPSS 17 came with 2 page of instruction on accessibility.  But it
requires copying and pasting a file from the original CD which I don't
have.
I will also try to get a copy of SPSS 14 or before.
Thanks.
Phil

On 9/19/10, Birkir Rúnar Gunnarsson <birkir.gunnarsson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Phil
>
> As far as I know SPSS, post version 15, kis simply not accessible (or
> to such a little extent that it is not usable). Do you have the Java
> Access Bridge installed?
> It is supposed to give you some accessibility, but IBM, that now owns
> SPSS, has done awfully little to make SPSS accessible and you may be
> forced to find a different solution for your statistics needs.
> Again, this is just what I have heard from blind users trying to use
> it, and if you can prove me/us wrong in that regard I would be
> extremely happy.
> You may also, perhaps, try to get SPSS pre version 15 (pre Java switch) ot
> use.
> Cheers
> -B
>
> On 9/19/10, Philip So <philipso101 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> I am trying to get my SPSS 17 to work with JAWS 10 and 11.
>> The instruction provided by SPSS says "Go to the Accessibility folder
>> on the CD ROM and copy the accessibility.properties file".
>> I have SPSS 17 installed on my computer, but I don't have the original
>> SPSS CD anymore.  Do we need any file from that CD to make SPSS
>> accessible? Is there another way to do this?
>> Thanks a lot in advance.
>> Phil
>>
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