[Blindmath] MATLAB Accessibility

[Ramana Polavarapu]

Hi John: Hi Justin:

That document is good.  However, to change some settings according to
that document, I needed some sighted help.  Once that was done, the
rest was quite accessible just like R.  One could also try Octave, an
Open Source alternative to Matlab.  What I heard is that Octave lacks
some advanced features present in Matlab.  Otherwise, syntax and
everything else is the same.  In addition to that, we need not do
anything special for Octave to be accessible.

Regards,

Ramana

On 4/12/13, Pielaet, Jon <JPielaet at clark.edu> wrote:
> Justin,
>
> Although I lack experience with MatLab, I know that some level of
> compatibility with JAWS is possible.
>
> MatLab is written in Java which creates some barriers. The installation of
> the Java Access Bridge may be required.
> I have found this documentation on getting Matlab to work with JAWS:
>
> http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/323327
>
> I know this isn't a comprehensive answer to your question but I hope it is
> helpful.
>
> I look forward to hearing from others on this topic.
>
> Good Luck,
>
>
> Jon
>
> Jon Pielaet
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Justin
> Salisbury
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 3:41 PM
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> Subject: [Blindmath] MATLAB Accessibility
>
> Dear List,
>                 I am a student at the Louisiana Center for the Blind, and I
> am going to be entering a PhD program in Agricultural & Applied Economics in
> the fall.  I I am doing a project right now where I am evaluating three
> statistical packages and their accessibility: MatLab, SAS, and R.  I have
> found a good bit of accessibility information for R and SAS, and I am trying
> to obtain all three of them.
>                 The reason that I am writing to this list is to ask if
> anyone knows where I can find accessibility reviews for MatLab.  Does
> anyone?  If not, what information can you give me from your own experience?
>                 This information that I collect will ultimately go into a
> PowerPoint presentation comparing these three packages.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Justin Salisbury
>
>
> Justin M. Salisbury
> B.A. in Mathematics
> Class of 2012
> East Carolina University
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