[Blindmath] MiniTab

[Justin Young]

Thanks for the feedback.  Where/how do you get this "plug-in"?  Thanks so much!

On 6/1/13, Michael Whapples <mwhapples at aim.com> wrote:
> 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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