[BlindRUG] [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Re: Resources for R and VScode

[Robin Williams]

Hi JooYoung, Liz, all,

JooYoung, I could be interested in joining your Zoom call if there is space and if the time works out for me, as this is something I'm also interested in. If not, perhaps this could be the topic of another Zoom call for members of this list soon.

The issue of IDEs is something I have been paying more attention to recently, since I started getting some weird behaviour using Emacs on Windows on certain machines, but not on others. Reaching out to Freedom Scientific has so far proven unsuccessful. I cannot have a situation where my working environment suddenly stops working one day. On my to-do list is to investigate PyCharm, which is meant to have good accessibility and has improving R support.

Also, are there any updates on the accessibility work at RStudio?

With best wishes,
Robin

-----Original Message-----
From: BlindRUG <blindrug-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of JooYoung Seo via BlindRUG
Sent: 27 July 2021 23:34
To: Blind R Users Group <blindrug at nfbnet.org>
Cc: JooYoung Seo <jooyoung at psu.edu>
Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Re: [BlindRUG] Resources for R and VScode

Hello Liz,

Actually, I am meeting two folks this Friday on Zoom to walk them through how to use R with VSCode.

Well, let me ask them if we could accommodate more people.

If not, I am planning to write a brief blog post on this subject soon.

Best,

JooYoung


On 7/27/21, Liz Hare via BlindRUG <blindrug at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hi, all,
>
> I volunteered several weeks ago to help Jonathan out with a new R user 
> who speaks Spanish. After talking with him more about his needs, it 
> seems like VSCode might be a good way for him to interact with R. He 
> is a Windows and JAWS user and I use Emacspeak on a Mac, so it's hard for me to guide him.
>
> He is an economist and interested in descriptive statistics and also 
> various kinds of modeling, so while I think I've heard that JAWS 
> currently works in the RGui, that won't be a good enough IDE for his 
> planned work going forward.
>
> I'm looking for either:
> 1. Guides for using R and VScode that aren't too long, so it's 
> reasonable to translate them to Spanish 2. Someone willing to 
> communicate with him about their setup (with me translating if 
> necessary)
>
> Also, any other suggestions for accessible IDEs for someone who is 
> planning on doing extensive research?
>
> Thanks,
> Liz
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