[Blindmath] Stats packages

[Alastair Irving]

Hi

Firstly, I've never come across R basic, only R, which is at
www.r-project.org
Is this what you're refering to, (as R can in no way be described as 
being basic).

By a terminal application I mean that it is basically a textbased 
commandline application, into which you type commands and get text 
responses.  It can also be run as a GUI which has menus, etc, but I see 
no reall advantage of this for a blind user especially as it is possibly 
less accessible.  For large-scale work in R the best solution is 
possibly to write code in a text file and then load it into R.

HTH

Alastair

Matthew_2010 wrote:
> I have taken a look at the website for this R basic stats package,  and 
> I'm not clear on what is meant by terminal application mode. Please 
> elaborate if you have the time. I will definitely appreciate it since it 
> looks like what I will ultimately be using.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matthew
> 
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>> Hi
>>
>> R is accessible, as it can be used as a terminal application.  I know 
>> several people on the list use it successfully and I recall there 
>> being some useful information in the archives about setting it up 
>> optimally.
>>
>> I don't have any experience with SPSS, as far as I know R can do 
>> anything that SPSS can and R is free, so it seems like the most 
>> sensible package to learn unless you are specifically required to use 
>> SPSS.
>>
>> Alastair
>>
>>
>> Matthew_2010 wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if there have been any developments in the ability of 
>>> screen readers to convey on-screen information for any of the stats 
>>> applications out there such as SPSS and so on. If so please convey. 
>>> I've also bumped into a free open source stats package called R 
>>> basic. Is this accessible at all? Absolutely all information will be 
>>> greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Matthew
>>>
>>>
>>>
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