I asked my technology trainer who does this all of the time. Her name is Dr. Denise Robinson and here are some videos that show that it can be done. She may have some lessons you can buy that walks you through the steps.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Dr. Denise M Robinson" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 16:01:48 -0400 Subject: Re: data graphing ideas? To: Marianne Denning <[email protected]> send proof here are videos to go to--my kids do it all the time--tons more but here are a few How to make a curved line in a graph using Excel and talking software <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=momCqtdMSM0> Excel-plotting a line plot graph-copy to Word for Math <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPqTDxa58_E> Create a scatter graph with trend line using talking software/key commands <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZG2IsoHStQ> Blind students do Math- inequalities with Excel and answer problems in Word <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDSNYugqr_Y> Just in case they want to do it with PPT also Blind student completes a sophisticated Excel then inserts into PowerPoint <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kt0Lxmjik4> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Marianne Denning <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought you might know the answer to this question. If you reply to > me I can post your answer. I think it would be possible. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Monique Lalonde via Jfw <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:31:28 +0000 > Subject: RE: data graphing ideas? > To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> > Cc: Monique Lalonde <[email protected]> > > Hi All, > > If JAWS can read graph information in Excel, does anyone know how > accessible it would be to create a graph in Excel and copy it into a > Word document? I may need to do this for an Economics class. > Thanks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David G. > Carlson Via iPhone via Jfw > Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 9:10 AM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: David G. Carlson Via iPhone > Subject: Re: data graphing ideas? > > Yes it does exist. > > Dave Carlson > Sent from my iPhone using the handwriting feature. > > On Aug 26, 2015, at 06:39, Richard B. McDonald via Jfw > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Unless I am mistaken, I think somewhere I read that JAWS has a feature that > will describe a graph in Excel. I cannot remember where I read that, but I > suspect it was in the "help" areas for JAWS in Excel. Has anyone else ever > run across this? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mario via > Jfw > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 7:43 AM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: Mario > Subject: Re: data graphing ideas? > > I think you're on the right track. > the Orion TI-84 Plus Talking Graphing Calculator employs: > . Graph functions and trace points made accessible with speech and audible > tone. > . Listen to entire graph, including special sounds for negative regions and > axis crossing points. > > if you want to check it out for more ideas: > > https://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_Orion%20TI-84%20Plus% > 20Talking%20Graphing%20Calculator_1-07340-00P_10001_11051 > > since you're an experienced programmer, you're more enabled to "make it > so". > but remember, newbie wanna be scriptwriters need to start from the bottom > of > the barrel... have you ever considered to join the JAWS scripting ml? not > to shew you away from this ml, but you can pose more technical questions > about scripting snafoos to get assistance from other experienced > sdcripters. > > > On 8/20/2015 11:44 AM, Paul Martz via Jfw wrote: > > I'll start by saying I don't know of any off-the-shelf graphing > > solutions for visually impaired users. So everything that follows is sort > of "what if" > > hypothetical stuff, just thinking out loud. > > > > Presenting data to blind and visually impaired users seems like a > > mostly uninvestigated area, wide open for new research. There is an > > annual academic conference called IEEE Vis: http://ieeevis.org/. > > Historically, their focus is to present new research in different ways > > to visualize data. As far as I know, they have never bitten off the > > challenge of presenting data in non-visual ways. But if you have any > > pull in the academic community, perhaps you could get some grad > > students to research ways to display data non-visually, with the > > end-goal of getting their research published through this conference. > > > > Just thinking off the top of my head, I could imagine a bar chart with > > items left-to-right (along the x axis) and values along the y axis. We > > could use JAWS to read the value for each item, but instead of just > > reading numbers, modulate the JAWS speech pitch in accordance with the > > value: larger values would be read with a higher pitch, smaller values > > with a lower pitch. So, instead of just hearing a bunch of numbers, > > you'd hear pitch changes with each number that would allow the user to > > immediately place the value relative to other values. The pitch > > changes would give you a "picture" of the values relative to each other. > > > > I'm sure that's a pretty naive approach, but as far as I know, no one > > has tried it yet. 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