[Blindmath] SPSS accessibility file

[Faiz Rasool]

Hi Phil,

I came across the same problem you   are having. I downloaded a demo version 
of spss 18 and didn't had the accessibility.properties file. I contacted 
SPSs support and they were happy to provide the accessibility.properties 
file.

Copying this file only works when you have java accessibility bridge 
installed. Assuming that you have    installed java accessibility bridge and 
copied accessibility.properties file into appropriate folder, SPSS should 
work fine with jaws. You can access all the menus and  read dialogue boxes. 
You cannot  however  read the SPSs output window. The solution is to export 
it into any format of choice. The available options are rtf, txt, pdf, and 
so on.

Currently I'm using SPSS 18, and have not came across any major 
accessibility issue so far. The menus are read  properly by Jaws. I'm using 
Jaws 11.

Trying to use any previous versions of spss is not likely to help. As I can 
attest, recent version 18  does work if you follow the steps outlined in 
SPSS help of how to use it with screen readers.

I'll suggest you to contact spss support through their website. They'll be 
happy to provide you the accessibility.properties file.  You can copy it and 
use the program.

I hope this helps you.

Best,
Faiz.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip So" <philipso101 at gmail.com>
To: <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 1:01 AM
Subject: [Blindmath] SPSS accessibility file


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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