> From: Shirley Hill <[log in to unmask]>
> Organization: Psychology Dept, Dundee University
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 18:03:20 BST
> Subject: Re: SPSS/Screen reader software
> Priority: normal
> Reply-to: [log in to unmask]
Thanks. I had thought Jaws may be the most likely option.
Alison
> On 17 Sep 97, A Courtney wrote:
>
> > Has anyone got any experience of using a screen reader with SPSS
> > (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences)? It is Windows based
> > and is used for manipulation of large data sets. I have a blind
> > student needing access to it this year and her departmental computer
> > technicians are happy to experiment with it, used in combination
> > with a suitable specialist package.
>
> We've used ScreenPower for Windows with SPSS fairly successfully
> although it doesn't give full support for tabular output. However,
> since ScreenPower for Windows is being phased out, I would suggest
> the most likely other screen reading candidate is Jaws although I
> haven't tried it yet with SPSS.
>
> Shirley
>
> Shirley Hill
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