[BlindMath] SPSS and Jaws

george at techno-vision.co.uk george at techno-vision.co.uk
Sat Feb 25 21:37:27 UTC 2023


Does "Section 508" not cover this in the USA?
George

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Hello Ashley,

I haven't checked v27 of SPSS, but many versions prior to this were less
than fully accessible to a screen reader user.

I doubt the course you are taking is going to make use of the underlying
SPSS code/command language, often referred to by SPSS users as the "syntax".

You have three options worthy of consideration, and the best option will
heavily depend on what support you will get from your university. Most
people know I favour R, while some others like to fight with SAS code, and a
relatively small number work with Stata.

All three require entry of commands entered as text in script files and all
can return readable output (text of HTML).

See https://r-resources.massey.ac.nz/statsoftware/ for a rough review. I
probably need to do some more updates to it on the software I haven't
checked for some time.
And then https://r-resources.massey.ac.nz/help/AccessibleSTEMSoftware.html
for a "go-to" list, which also includes some mathematics software options.

Of note is the fact that I set the bar on accessibility quite high. See
https://r-resources.massey.ac.nz/help/GoldStandard.html
for my definition. This was a conversation started on this list


If you decide to go down the R pathway, then there are plenty of resources
to help, written in screen reader friendly HTML. I recommend you use the
same workflow as many of these authors so that your work leads to an HTML
file that you can deal with using your existing skills.

HTH,
Jonathan


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Subject: [BlindMath] SPSS and Jaws

Hello,
I am a current PhD student in Education with a STEM Accessability focus at
Oregon State University. I will be taking a quantitative analysis course
next quarter and have been told by the instructor I will need to use SPSS 27
for my course. I am a JAWS user with the most current version of JAWS 2023.
What all do I need to know to accomplish this or if that is not accessible
what should I suggest for a work around?
Thank you all!
Ashley
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