[Blindmath] Question about Minitab

[Jonathan Godfrey]

Hello,

R is updated about every other month.

The latest version 2-13-2 is no different to versions since 2-10-0 
from an access perspective.

Versions prior to that used a different mechanism for getting help 
which was equally useful but differently managed.


Once you have it installed (using the default settings is fine) you 
need to alter the short cut to point to rterm.exe instead of rgui.exe 
and you are away laughing.

Jonathan

At 01:07 a.m. 26/10/2011, you wrote:
>Hello,
>In case I can get my Professor to let me use r, is there a 
>particular version I need to look for?
>thanks,
>greg W.
>
>Yesterday is forever gone, tomorrow may never come, today is the day 
>of all days.
>
>
>On 10/24/2011 5:02 PM, Jonathan Godfrey wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>Michael is correct in that the current version of Minitab is not as friendly
>>as previous versions.
>>
>>I have used Minitab from version 8 (under DOS) to 16 and over that time (17
>>years) things have got worse.
>>
>>The dialogue boxes and menus are an absolute nightmare for the new user. I
>>can get by because I remember the menus from previous versions. Having said
>>that, I do not choose to use Minitab for anything except talking my students
>>through things so I'm not actually touching it, they are.
>>
>>The command language of Minitab is usable with jaws or nvda. The language is
>>far from natural and the resources for such commands are mostly old (dating
>>back to the DOS version where we all typed commands out). Most staff working
>>with Minitab do not know the syntax even though it is automatically
>>generated as the dialogue boxes are used.
>>
>>
>>The number of outputs that have been altered from text to graphic in Minitab
>>is on the rise too. There were ways of generating ASCII graphics for most
>>things in the past, but this art has been lost in more recent versions.
>>
>>Should you want an alternative that is superior to EXCEL, I could recommend
>>R. See
>>http://r-resources.massey.ac.nz to see what sort of support I offer blind R
>>users.
>>
>>I'll put some Excel comments in the reply to Michael.
>>
>>Jonathan
>>
>>
>>
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