[Blindmath] MATLAB & JAWS

[Michael Whapples]

I forgot to say, I probably would not recommend the C programming route, 
not because of accessibility but rather because I feel in these days its 
normally not necessary. What I mean by that is that many higher level 
programming languages will do what is required and removes so many of 
the low level things one needs to remember to do in C (things which are 
nothing to do with the problem one is trying to solve, just things 
required by the programming language, eg. memory management).

A programming language I quite like is Python and distributions like 
pythonxy (http://pythonxy.googlecode.com) come with many packages which 
help with numeric computation.

Michael Whapples
On 08/11/2012 14:59, Michael Whapples wrote:
> I remember back when I did a course which involved matlab, there were 
> some settings which could be changed which improved accessibility a 
> bit. It still wasn't perfect but I could do enough to get by. However 
> that was a few years ago, so things might have changed.
>
> I know that some people use Octave from the command line as an 
> alternative to matlab. I believe a good amount of matlab code will 
> work in Octave, but there are some things it lacks so depending on 
> what the course requires it may or may not be suitable.
>
> As for C programming, that should be fine. The C compiler used on the 
> course may or may not be accessible with Jaws, but there certainly are 
> C compilers which are accessible (one could even resort to using the 
> Microsoft tools, I think they have the free express version of visual 
> studio the student could use or the compiler in the Windows SDK).
>
> Michael Whapples
> On 08/11/2012 14:21, Tammy Berg wrote:
>> I am posting this for a student
>> who is a freshman at college and scheduled to take a MATLAB course next
>> semester.
>> Does MATLAB work with JAWS? Any
>> tips, input and advice?
>> The university has suggested the possibility
>> of C-Programming course in place of MATLAB if it is more accessible 
>> with JAWS than
>> MATLAB. Has anyone successfully used JAWS with C-Programming?
>> I will be providing all
>> information to the student, professor, and DSS and appreciate all of 
>> your
>> responses.
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