[R] help for lay person assisting R user with disability

[Paul Murrell]

Hi

Jonathon Godfrey has published some information and guidelines on the 
accessibility of R (and other stat software), e.g., ...

http://r-resources.massey.ac.nz/StatSoftware/
http://journal.r-project.org/archive/2013-1/godfrey.pdf

Paul

On 06/19/15 02:32, Courtney Bryant wrote:
> Good Morning, I am currently working with a disabled R user who is a
> student here at CMU.  The student has both sight and mobility issues.
> The student has asked for an assistant who is well versed in R to
> enter data for her, which we are having a hard time finding.  I would
> like information from R developers/users about how/how well R
> interfaces with Excel (an easier skill set to find!)   In your
> opinion, could it be as easy as uploading data from excel into R?
>
> Also, do you know of a way to enlarge the R interface or otherwise
> assist in making the program accessible to a low vision person?  My
> limited understanding leads me to believe that screen magnifiers like
> zoom text don't work particularly well.  If you have information on
> that, I would very much appreciate it.
>
> Thanks for your help and for bearing with me! Courtney
>
>
>
> Courtney Bryant, EOS Specialist Equal Opportunity Services, Human
> Resources Carnegie Mellon University 412-268-3930 |
> cbryant at andrew.cmu.edu
>
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