[access-uk] Re: JAWS and SPSS
- From: Catherine Turner <catherineturner2007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 08:48:14 +0100
Thank you Andrew, this is useful.
Catherine
On 7/2/10, Andrew McFarlane <Andrew.McFarlane@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Catherine,
>
> I'm not an SPSS user, but I have had to get JAWS working with it in the
> past for a student.
>
> What I can tell you is that versions of SPSS newer than 14 have moved to
> a Java based GUI, and that this has created problems for screen-readers.
> You're correct, a user had written JAWS scripts for SPSS 14, but these
> don't work with newer versions.
>
> Someone at SPSS support told me that SPSS version 17 (which is actually
> called 'PSAW Statistics 17') was tested with JAWS 8, and it did work,
> but that the functionality was fairly basic.
>
> I did find a limited workaround to get JAWS 10 to work with 'SPSS 17'.
> It's a bit technical, but if you follow the instructions exactly it
> should be painless. Basically, you need to install and configure the
> Java Access Bridge:
>
> Download:
> http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/accessibility/accessbridge/index.jsp
>
> Instructions:
> https://docs.rice.edu/confluence/display/ITTUT/Screen+reading+software+(JAWS)+for+SPSS+set+up+instructions
>
> After installing you should find that JAWS now reads menus and data in
> tables within SPSS. Moreover, it should even read some stuff in variable
> view, which apparently older version of SPSS wouldn't allow JAWS to do.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Andrew
>
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