[Athen] Data analysis software that works with screen reader

[foreigntype at gmail.com via athen-list]

John,

This is really helpful information. Especially the insights on the original
software designer & resources there.

Thanks so much!

Wink Harner
Adaptive Technology Consulting and Training
Portland OR.

foreigntype at gmail.com


On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM John Gardner via athen-list <
athen-list at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> Erika, RStudio is a graphical interface to the open source statistics

> application R. I know that R can be quite accessible but that RStudio is

> less so. R is a huge application, and one of its developers and proponents

> is the blind New Zealand statistics professor Jonathan Godfrey.

> Among many other things, Jonathan has developed methods for creating

> tactile copies of R graphs directly from R. He maintains a great web site

> with resources for blind R users.

>

> https://r-resources.massey.ac.nz/

>

>

>

> Enjoy.

>

> John

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> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman22.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *Wise, Erika via athen-list

> *Sent:* Friday, September 5, 2025 1:49 PM

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> *Subject:* [Athen] Data analysis software that works with screen reader

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>

> I have a student who needs data analysis software that works with a screen

> reader.  A brief Google search mentions Umwelt and RStudio, but I know very

> little about these and if they will meet the student’s needs.  From what I

> read it seems these may focus more on coding while the student needs

> something that focuses more on statistics (shoulder shrug).  My only

> experience with stats/data analysis was from a psych stats course I took

> over 10 years ago when SPSS was the preferred program.  Any suggestions?

> Is anyone familiar with Umwelt or RStudio?

>

>

>

> Thanks in advance!

>

>

>

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