Yes, Jonathon Godfrey, who wrote the r-devel/2022-December mail (and is himself blind), would be my standard go-to guy in matters relating to visual impairment, screen readers and all that.
Peter D. > On 13 Jan 2024, at 00:14 , Ben Bolker <bbol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would be very surprised if anyone had written up a VPAT > <https://www.section508.gov/sell/vpat/> for R. > > It won't help you with the bureaucratic requirements, but R is in fact very > accessible to visually impaired users: e.g. see > > https://community.rstudio.com/t/accessibility-of-r-rstudio-compared-to-excel-for-student-that-is-legally-blind/103849/3 > > From https://github.com/ajrgodfrey/BrailleR > > > R is perhaps the most blind-friendly statistical software option because > > all scripts can be written in plain text, using the text editor a user > > prefers, and all output can be saved in a wide range of file formats. The > > advent of R markdown and other reproducible research techniques can offer > > the blind user a degree of efficiency that is not offered in many other > > statistical software options. In addition, the processed Rmd files are > > usually HTML which are the best supported files in terms of screen reader > > development. > > (And there is continued attention to making sure R stays accessible in this > way: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2022-December/082180.html; > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2023-February/082313.html) > > R is also easy to use without a mouse, which should improve accessibility > for users with neuromuscular conditions. > > cheers > Ben Bolker > > > > > On 2024-01-12 2:50 p.m., Hunter, Zayne via R-devel wrote: >> Hello, >> I am working with Ball State University to obtain a license of R. As part of >> our requirements for obtaining new software, we must review the VPAT for ADA >> compliance. Can you provide this information for me? >> Thanks, >> Zayne Hunter >> Technology Advisor & Vendor Relations Manager >> Ball State University >> zayne.hun...@bsu.edu >> (765)285-7853 >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
