[NFB-Science] Matlab and Jaws

[Daniel Gillen]

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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