[Blindmath] SPSS accessibility file

[Birkir Rúnar Gunnarsson]

Excellent gentlemen. I am always hapy to learn accessibility is better
than reported.
I still wish they]d make the output winodw more accessible, but
perhaps that is something we, as users, can campaign for for a future
release.
I will document and test this myself.
-Birkir


On 9/19/10, Faiz Rasool <faiz7r at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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