Accessibility for Blind Users

Support for blind users is predominately dependent on the use of a screen reader, such as JAWS for Windows. To optimize the use of a screen reader with IBM® SPSS® Modeler, you can specify a number of settings.

Display Options

Screen readers tend to perform better when the visual contrast is greater on the screen. If you already have a high-contrast Windows setting, you can choose to use these Windows settings for the software itself.

  1. To set display options, on the Tools menu, click User Options.
  2. Click the Display tab.
Note: The screen reader is not able to read graphs, so these are not accessible to blind users.

Use of Sounds for Notification

By turning on or off sounds, you can control the way you are alerted to particular operations in the software. For example, you can activate sounds for events such as node creation and deletion or the generation of new output or models.

  1. To set notification options, on the Tools menu, click User Options.
  2. Click the Notifications tab.

Controlling the Automatic Launching of New Windows

The Notifications tab on the User Options dialog box is also used to control whether newly generated output is launched in a separate window. It may be easier for you to disable this option and open an output window as needed.

  1. To set these options, on the Tools menu, click User Options.
  2. Click the Notifications tab.
  3. In the dialog box, select New Output from the list in the Visual Notifications group.
  4. Under Open Window, select Never.