[Rd] VPAT OR Accessibility Conformance Report Request

[Ben Bolker]

   There was a recent thread here started by someone asking a similar 
question.

https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2024-January/083120.html

   You should probably start by going through all of that thread, but 
the bottom line is that:

  * R is in fact very accessible to people with a wide range of challenges
  * unfortunately you are very unlikely to be able to get such a report, 
unless someone volunteers to do one, as R is a volunteer-run project 
(and the developers are generally more interested in maintaining and 
improving the software than satisfying bureaucrats)

   A google search

https://www.google.com/search?q=R+CRAN+VPAT

   suggests that VPATs are available for various third-party 
extensions/packaging of R (Oracle R, RStudio desktop).

   This article is old, but if someone in your IT department read it, 
hopefully they would agree to download the software: 
https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2013-1/godfrey.pdf

On 2024-02-15 12:23 p.m., Zachary Benner wrote:
> To Whom It May Concern,
> My name is Zach Benner and I am the Accessibility (A.D.A.-Americans with
> Disabilities Act) Coordinator here at University of Maine at Machias.  I am
> reaching out on the behalf of our science professors here at UMM. The
> professor is looking to utilize your software to implement within his
> courses however, due to possible accessibility concerns our IT department
> will not download the software onto school computers unless we have a copy
> of a VPAT or Accessibility Conformance Information Report. I was wondering
> if I could obtain this information to provide to the IT department?
> Thank you for your time on this matter and I look forward to hearing from
> you soon. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
> Sincerely,
> Zach Benner
> Accessibility Coordinator & Student Success Liaison
> University of Maine Machias
> Office: 229A  Torrey Hall
> 116 O'Brien Ave
> Machias, ME, 04654
> Office Number: 207-255-1228
> 
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