[Blindmath] Question about Minitab

[Steve Jacobson]

Some versions of Minitab work all right, but some have reported here that the latest version is less 
friendly.  In addition, there are some challenges accessing software through Citrix.  You will probably 
need to run a screen reader on the computer that actually has Minitab, and there may not be interest in 
doing that for stability reasons.  I would strongly recommend that if you will only be using MiniTab as 
part of one class that you work with a reader to deal with the screens thereby letting you concentrate 
on the class material.  You might be able to do some of the tasks in Excel, but you would probably be on 
your own since the materials you will be studying may be tailored for Minitab.  I know this answer does 
not deal with whether the law is being violated, and you may need to decide if you want to try to change 
the policy or whether you just want to get through the class.  That can sometimes be a difficult choice 
to make.  However, learning to work with someone to look at the screen for you is a good skill to 
develop.  This sort of situation can come up on the job where time constraints don't permit much 
experimenting and where the law doesn't apply.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson


On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:47:10 -0400, Icewolf wrote:

>Hello all,
>I am taking a statistics class at my college.  It is statistics for 
>business decision making.  they use my statistics Lab and a program 
>called Minitab.  Is minitab at all accessible with JAWS or NVDA?  To 
>make matters worse I have to access the program through a cytrix 
>environment.
>Thanks for any help,
>Greg Wocher

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