[NABS-L] SPSS and JAWS Accessibility Question

[Amy Albin]

Thanks Arielle and Steve.

On 1/5/20, Steve Jacobson via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Amy,
>
> There are people with a good deal of SPSS experience on the
> BlindMath list.  It might be worth subscribing and asking your question
> there.  I know that people say that SPSS has some shortcomings, but people
> seem to use for a lot or things when they have to.  You can get information
> and subscribe to the BlindMath list by going to
>
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org
>
> and checking that out.  As has been pointed out, Excel can often be used as
> an alternative to a statistics package, and some like the statistics program
> "R" as well.
>
> One of the things we always have to balance is whether it is worth using
> another more accessible alternative for which one will get less support in
> the classroom or whether one should just use someone to do reading to get
> past the parts of SPSS that are difficult.  If SPSS is preferred, it is
> almost certain that there will be instructions specific to SPSS as part of
> the course.  People on the BlindMath list might be familiar with the
> specific version you need and how well you can use it which might help you
> making a decision.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NABS-L <nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Amy Albin via NABS-L
> Sent: Sunday, January 5, 2020 9:27 AM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Amy Albin <amyralbin at gmail.com>
> Subject: [NABS-L] SPSS and JAWS Accessibility Question
>
> Hi All,
>
> I’m an undergrad psych student taking a Quantitative Methods course
> this coming semester, and we are required to use SPSS. I have JAWS
> 2020 and the version of SPSS my school uses is 25. I was wondering,
> for those who currently use SPSS, how accessible is it with JAWS?
> Thanks!
>
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