[Athen] Accessible statistics software

[David Andrews]

For anyone who wants to join the BlindMath list, which has many very 
knowledgeable users on it, you can join by going to 
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org

Jonathan also runs an accessibility list for R which you can join by going to:

http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindrug_nfbnet.org

Dave

At 01:52 PM 12/9/2016, you wrote:

>Hello Russell,

>

>There is a blog that is tracking the accessibility of stats software 

>by a blind stats professor, Jonathan Godfrey (from NZ). It can be 

>accessed here: https://r-resources.massey.ac.nz/statsoftware/

>

>I'm not sure what PSPP is and it's not listed on the blog. So that 

>might be a fun one to deal with...

>

>Jonathan is pretty active on the NFB Blindmath listserv.

>

>Enjoy!

>

>Joshua

>

>-----Original Message-----

>From: athen-list 

>[mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of 

>Russell Solowoniuk

>Sent: Friday, December 9, 2016 9:47 AM

>To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

>Subject: [Athen] Accessible statistics software

>

>Hi everyone,

>

>Our university is considering moving to a freeware statistics 

>program called PSPP in place of SPSS. Is anyone familiar with PSPP. 

>Is it accessible with a screen reader? I confess that I've never 

>personally used SPSS either, so can anyone comment on how accessible 

>SPSS is with a screen reader? If you've used both PSPP and SPSS, can 

>you compare the accessibility of both programs?

>

>Thanks for any and all help.

>

>Best regards,

>

>Russell

>

>

>

>Russell Solowoniuk

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