[Blindmath] MiniTab

[Justin Young]

I think we might talk about that at some point.  Thanks for your help!:)

On 6/2/13, Michael Whapples <mwhapples at aim.com> wrote:
> The plugin I referred to is a plugin for the statistics package called R
> http://www.r-project.org and was to produce the graphs for statistical
> process control (SPC). Other than minitab can do SPC and so can the
> plugin, there is no relationship between the two (IE. the one does not
> provide an interface for the other, they are purely alternative software
> for doing SPC).
>
> If SPC is a topic you will be covering then I can look back at my work
> to remind myself what the R plugin is called and where it can be
> obtained from.
>
> Michael Whapples
> On 02/06/2013 00:23, Justin Young wrote:
>> 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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