[NFB-Science] Matlab and Jaws

[Eric Mandell]

Hi Daniel,

Thanks, that was really helpful. I don't know if Matlab support knew
about that. The process is the same for me running Windows 10 and
Matlab R2019B. The hot key Windows + R opens the run dialog box and
"matlab -nodesktop" command works as you mentioned. I encounter the
same cursor issue using NVDA but if I hold down the NVDA key and use
the up and down arrows I can find the output of my code.

Daniel, do you ever send your Matlab output to a text file to make
reading it a little easier?

Cheers,
Eric



On 6/13/20, Daniel Gillen <daniel.l.gillen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Eric and Abdulaziz,
>
> As someone who has experience programming in MATLAB on a Windows computer,
> I've been using the software in its native command line mode. To run MATLAB
> in this way, you'll need to access the Run dialog box (I know that's the
> case in Windows 7, not sure about later versions) and type "matlab
> -nodesktop" (without the quotes). From there MATLAB will open with a
> command-line-only interface. Of course when creating scripts or functions,
> it's best to start writing them in some sort of text file, then save this
> with a .m extension. That way you can call your script or function from the
> MATLAB command line and read your output. For JAWS users, the only caveat I
> would have about that is the output is only accessible with the JAWS Cursor
> (numpad minus on a full desktop keyboard). There might be a similar issue in
> NVDA, but I'll need to investigate that. Hopefully that helps.
>
> Thank you,
> DanielOn Jun 13, 2020 3:38 PM, Eric Mandell via NFB-Science
> <nfb-science at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Abdulaziz,
>>
>> I am running NVDA on Windows, but JAWS will be the same. The desktop
>> version of Matlab is totally inaccessible and the online version of
>> Matlab, while slightly more accessible, is just not good enough to be
>> usable. Because of this I decided to figure out how to run Matlab
>> scripts using the Windows  command line. I worked with Matlab support
>> and here is what I learned. You will need to make a Batch file to run
>> from the command line and that calls your Matlab script. To do this
>> follow these steps:
>>
>> 1. Open a new file in your text editor of choice.
>> 2. Copy and paste in this text:
>>
>> matlab -nosplash -noFigureWindows -batch "run('C:\users\file.m'); quit"
>>
>> 3. You will have to change the "C:\users" To the directory where you
>> have the Matlab script file you want to run.
>> 4. Save this file as batch.bat. The file name is not important but the
>> .bat file extension is required.
>> 5. Open another new file in your text editor and write the Matlab code
>> exactly as you would in Matlab and save this file as file.m. The file
>> name needs to match the file name in the batch file.
>> 6. Open Windows command line and run batch.bat.
>>
>> This process worked for me and I was able to get the output of my
>> Matlab script printed to the command line. I only just learned this so
>> I have not played around with it very much but hopefully that at least
>> gets you started.
>>
>> Don, I unfortunately don't have any knowledge of PSpice.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Eric
>> On 6/12/20, Donald Winiecki via NFB-Science <nfb-science at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>> > I would like to piggyback on Abdulaziz's question.
>> >
>> > We will have an Electrical Engineering student who is blind in "Circuits
>> > 2"
>> > this coming fall semester. It looks like the lab may be conducted
>> > principally online using PSpice. If anyone has any recommendations
>> > and/or
>> > cautions about the accessibility or use of PSpice for lab work I will be
>> >
>> > grateful to receive them!
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> > _don
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 12:20 PM Abdulaziz Said via NFB-Science <
>> > nfb-science at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello,
>> >> I am currently a student at University who will be taking a circuits
>> >> course next semester. In the laboratory portion of this class we will
>> >> be
>> >> required to use Matlab and Simulink. I am wondering if there are any
>> >> tools
>> >> or suggestions for how to access these softwares using jaws on a
>> >> windows.
>> >> Thank you
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