[Athen] SPSS Version 22 access with JAWS Version 16

[Teresa Haven]

We talked about options in Windows such as R, but it would have meant completely rewriting the course and objectives, and ultimately making it harder for the student, so we didn't pursue that. We also didn't check into other OS options aside from checking both Windows 7 and 8, because we didn't have licensing.

Teresa

On Aug 19, 2015, at 11:29 AM, "Bishop, Jeff - (jeffbis)" <jeffbis at email.arizona.edu<mailto:jeffbis at email.arizona.edu>> wrote:

Teresa,

Do you know if any other alternatives were explored on other platforms (iOS apps, Mac solutions, Windows applications, etc.)? I am just trying to get a feel for what we may be able to offer the student.

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Teresa Haven
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 10:03 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list at u.washington.edu>>
Subject: Re: [Athen] SPSS Version 22 access with JAWS Version 16

Hi, Jeff.  We explored SPSS 22 and JAWS (multiple versions – 14, 15, and 16) last academic year.  We could technically get it working, but it was highly unstable even on a high-powered machine, and would never consistently work with JAWS through a single work session. There didn’t seem to be any one trigger for collapse, but at some random point in every work session, JAWS would simply stop talking in SPSS, although it would continue to function otherwise, and the only solution would be to exit SPSS, reboot the computer, and start over, which wasn’t productive.  Our major testers were a faculty member/Ph.D. student who uses JAWS on a regular basis and his statistics professor, who is interested in improving the accessibility of his courses, in the context of a graduate-level statistics course, so the software combination got a lot of testing by experienced end users. We’re hoping IBM will continue to work on the issue and make more strides in improving the accessibility of the product.

Sorry to not have better results to report,
Teresa

Teresa Haven, Ph.D.
Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University



From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bishop, Jeff - (jeffbis)
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 9:50 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] SPSS Version 22 access with JAWS Version 16

Hello Everyone,

We have a student that will be enrolling in a statistics course this fall. They will be utilizing SPSS version 22. I know from looking at IBM’s documentation that it is possible to get it set up using the Java Access Bridge. Does anyone here have experience with this and once configured how accessible SPSS is with JAWS? Has anyone also explored other options running in iOS or on the Mac for this type of application?

Jeff

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