[Blindmath] MiniTab

[Michael Whapples]

Hello,
It was about a year ago, or 18 months, I was on a course where minitab 
was used as part of the course. You are correct about the accessibility 
(I think it was version 12 which was the last accessible version). 
However my university was unable to get hold of version 12, however they 
were agreeable for me to use other software for the tasks. May be 
something similar could be done in your case.

You probably can find other software for the tasks you would need to 
undertake. What the alternative software is might depend a bit on what 
precisely needs to be done. In my case I ended up using R and a plugin, 
however R may not be the best option for everything. Sometimes for 
simpler things even excel can be enough.

 From what I have heard, minitab 12 was usable with a screen reader but 
I have not had any practical experience and only know what others have 
told me.

I feel this has not been too specific, but I would imagine if you went 
down the route of using other tools then there would be people who would 
be willing to help you learn how to use it for the tasks you need to 
perform. Feel free to ask questions on what accessible tools may be good 
for certain tasks.

Michael Whapples
On 01/06/2013 20:50, Justin Young wrote:
> Hello:
>
> My name is Justin Young and I'm a blind student currently taking an
> intro stats course which is a prerequesit for a master's program that
> I'll be starting in the Fall.  I just subscribed officially to this
> list today, but before I did I tried sending a message so not sure if
> that message will be sent as well.  If it is, I apologize for the
> double posting.  My course is using a program called MiniTab 16 and
> I've never used it before.  I tried playing with the program that I
> installed on my computer and its not really fun to play with, haha!  I
> came across a thread via google from this list on this subject and
> wanted to ask a few questions.  I believe the last version accessible
> to screen readers was version 12 or 13?  How many on this list have
> heard of it or have used this program?  Any suggestions, advice,
> comments you have are greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Justin Young
>
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