Dear Janardhana, As I listed all steps in detail adding Java Accessibility Bridge was enough at my end to make SPSS accessible for all basic stats operation. I did not install any JAWS scripts. Scripts are there for lower version of JAWS and SPSS. I have provided freedom scientific link for downloading them. I am pasting it again for your reference. Hope this will answer your question. http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/BulletinView.asp?QC=426
Regards, Prashant Naik -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Janardhana Naidu <[email protected]> wrote: > hello prasanth Sir, > Thanks for enlightening us accessbility of SPSS version 16 with JAWS > 12. Really it is an urgent issue to solve with regard to higher > education of persons with visual impairment. Are there any scripts > and tutorials for using SPSS 16th version or loyer with Jaws 11? > With best wishes for your efforts, > Janardhana Naidu. > On 1/31/11, Prashant Naik <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dear friends, >> >> I am sharing my few findings on SPSS stats program. I did this >> accessibility testing at XRCVC to explore this program. Many of our >> students are pursing higher education and they need to use this stats >> program. If you can recollect, few days back I asked AI list question >> with regard to stats programs SPSS, SAS and Minitab accessibility. >> Please give me your comments / feedback. Also correct my findings if >> you already have good experience of SPSS with JAWS. - Prashant Naik >> >> Accessibility testing of SPSS version 16.0. >> >> At XRCVC I tried basic operational testing of SPSS (an internationally >> well known program, designed to deal with data management and >> statistical analysis) with JAWS screen reader version12.0.522. >> >> Following are my findings: >> To make SPSS accessible and work with JAWS. >> • SPSS 16 is JAVA based application so to make it accessible you need >> to install Java Access Bridge. You can read JAWS help to know more >> about installing Java and Java Access Bridge. >> Then configure your Java Access Bridge as given below >> • Need to do copy paste of files. >> • Go to the following folder and copy all files >> C:\Program Files\Java Access Bridge\installerFiles >> • Now you need to locate the Lib folder within SPSS (or any other >> application) to paste all those files you copied in the previous step. >> C:\Program Files\Application Name\lib >> • In the following URL, they also tell you to modify Environment >> Variables to indicate the location of the application, >> https://docs.rice.edu/confluence/display/ITTUT/Screen+reading+software+(JAWS)+for+SPSS+set+up+instructions >> • It seems that original product CD of SPSS comes with Accessibility >> folder from where you can copy accessibility.properties file to SPSS >> lib folder. >> • Follow the steps outlined in SPSS help of how to use it with screen >> readers. >> • Contact SPSS support through their website for further help. >> • Also for older version of SPSS there are JAWS scripts available >> which one can find from online lists and can download from freedom >> scientific visit the link >> http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/BulletinView.asp?QC=426 >> >> Problems >> • You can access all the menus and read dialogue boxes. >> • The menus are read properly by JAWS >> • We can say that many features of SPSS can be accessed through JAWS, >> features such as the data entry grid, the menus, and large parts of >> the dialogue boxes. >> • However, you cannot read the SPSS output window. In the output >> window you can review tables. >> • The solution is to export it into any format of choice. The available >> • Options are rtf, txt, pdf, excel and so on where the column and row >> headings are announced for each single cell, making scanning of tables >> easier than in the SPSS format. >> • Graphs, 3Ds are not JAWS readable. >> >> Conclusion >> There are few issues with regard to accessibility of SPSS but I found >> that a basic data analysis operation is possible for a blind user. Of >> course he / she needs a good training on SPSS and should be able to do >> workaround with JAWS to get the work done. Also I would like to state >> that I have tried it on a very basic level stats operations but if we >> need to explore SPSS with many of its functionalities / options and >> then test its accessibility, we need an expert user of SPSS to work. >> >> Prepared by >> Prashant Naik >> XRCVC >> Date – January 31, 2011 >> >> > >
