[BlindMath] SPSS and Jaws

[Jonathan Godfrey]

Boris,

Your link sends us to a page that contains a multitude of links on it, many of which are labelled with undecipherable alpha-numeric strings.

Please either paste the VPAT into an email, or provide the direct link to the content you are asking us to review.

I could tell that the material only covers TeX Live though, and my experience with this single implementation is not sufficient to assist beyond the commentary relating to the accessibility of the documents that are created.

I would for example ask how authors using TeX Live are supported to create HTML as the output file in preference to the frequently inaccessible pdf files TeX creates.

Jonathan


-----Original Message-----
From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Boris Veytsman via BlindMath
Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2023 5:33 pm
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Cc: Boris Veytsman <borisv at lk.net>
Subject: Re: [BlindMath] SPSS and Jaws

BKBvB> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 06:51:46 -0800
BKBvB> From: Brandon Keith Biggs via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org>


BKBvB> There are some universities, state, and local governments who use 
BKBvB> section
BKBvB> 508 as a standard, but that's up to them, and there's little 
BKBvB> incentive for companies (like SPSS) to do more than a token nod 
BKBvB> to accessibility. I'm sure the only reason why SPSS is accessible 
BKBvB> is because acquisition departments asked for it, and they can now 
BKBvB> say "yes", SPSS is accessible. Of course there's no definition of 
BKBvB> "accessibility" except in the web space where we have WCAG and 
BKBvB> the related guidelines, and even so, just because something is 
BKBvB> WCAG compliant doesn't mean it's usable. That's why companies 
BKBvB> like LevelAccess and TPGi always couple accessibility audits with usability testing.

I would add that SPSS surely has some people in the accessibility department that get their salaries for these VPATs.

It is more difficult for us in the free software world, where most of the work is done by unpaid volunteers.  However, we honestly try to make our software accessible.

I'd like to mention the VPAT statement we at TeX Users Group created for our software, https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ctan.org%2Ftex-archive%2Finfo%2Ftex-vpat&data=05%7C01%7Ca.j.godfrey%40massey.ac.nz%7C8cacacd979954ff1684c08db194511b7%7C388728e1bbd0437898dcf8682e644300%7C1%7C0%7C638131556679917924%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=NX7dpte9%2BTBEdLEOye%2Ff1aAr2vtWKkKn566%2FLJfJjms%3D&reserved=0.  If we made any mistake, or could make the statement or software better, please let me know.

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Good luck

-Boris

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