[Blindmath] [nfbcs] FW: STATA

[Mazhar Mughal]

Hi
As an  Economics doctoral candidate, I have been using Stata regularly for 
some years with various versions of Jaws. Currently using Jaws 11 and Stata 
11 with Windows7.
My impression of Stata is that it quite handy for blind users after a little 
tweeking:

The command line and menus are completely accessible

the output screen is accessible with Jaws cursor. Results can be saved in 
txt format. There are also some commands to export results in 
publication-quality Excel tables.
Stata by default has a variables bar on the left of the output screen. This 
is kind of useless for a blind user, better get it removed through sighted 
assistance.

The data editor is not very accessible, but can be bypassed. I get my 
initial data in excel or text format and convert it into stata format with 
the Stat transfer program (a paid software).

I have also tried my luck with R. R is of course free, and everything on it 
presumeably be done through command line. But I find its learning curve for 
an occasional user quite high.

Does someone know if Eviews is accessible or not? This software is commonly 
used in research on monetary and financial Economics.
                                    kind regards 
Mazhar


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From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:33 AM
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] [nfbcs] FW: STATA

> It might be a good idea to ask on our BlindMath list, where people who use 
> this kind of thing hang out.  In fact, I will forward,  -- if you or 
> anyone else wants to subscribe:
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> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org
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> Dave
>
> At 09:06 AM 2/27/2012, you wrote:
>>Does anyone have information about this program and its functionality with
>>JAWS?
>>
>>Gary
>>
>>
>>
>>   _____
>>
>>From: Schafer, Carmen [mailto:schafercg at missouri.edu]
>>Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:28 PM
>>To: jfettgather at alphapointe.org; Gary Wunder (gwunder at earthlink.net)
>>Subject: STATA
>>
>>
>>
>>Hello Jim & Gary,
>>
>>We have a Grad student who is using Jaws and will be taking the class
>>"Research Methods" in the Fall. This class requires the use of Stata a 
>>data
>>analysis and statistical software program. She wants to learn the software
>>before she takes the class in Fall 2012. We are in search of someone who 
>>is
>>proficient with Jaws who can help try her on how to use the Stata program.
>>Do either of you know of anyone in the Columbia area or someone that we
>>could pay to come here and work with her and hopefully one of the
>>statisticans in our Mathamatics department?
>>
>>
>>
>>Thank you,
>>
>>
>>
>>Carmen Schafer
>>University of Missouri - Division of IT
>>Adaptive Computing Technology Center
>>Direct Phone: (573) 882-8838
>>Office Phone: (573) 884-2828
>>Toll free: 866-396-2380
>>  <mailto:schafercg at missouri.edu> schafercg at missouri.edu
>
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