[BlindRUG] Accessibility of R Studio?

[Kelli Johnson - NOAA Federal]

Kennedy,
Thanks for posting your question and hopefully I am replying in the
appropriate manner, this is my first time replying on this list. I am a
sighted person that does statistics and report writing for a living but I
do not use RStudio because I do not like clicking buttons. I think it leads
to a lack of understanding regarding what I am doing. You can do everything
you need to outside of RStudio, I use sublime. I am happy to help in any
way that I can to get the message through to RStudio developers that
accessibility of their product should be increased and that they should be
working with those in need to understand the issues.
Kind regards,
Kelli

On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 7:28 AM Liz Hare via BlindRUG <blindrug at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hi Kennedy,
>
> RStudio is not accessible. They have claimed to be working on it and that
> it will be in the "next" release for several years. They are not treating
> it as a priority, and are not involving blind people in its development.
>
> I think there is s server version that is partially useable but'm not up
> on that.
>
> I won't be spending time on it when it's first released because I'm not
> willing to be a free beta tester for the RStudio company.
>
> Liz
>
>
> > On Oct 15, 2021, at 9:52 AM, Kennedy Stomberg via BlindRUG <
> blindrug at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello, fellow Blind R users,
> >
> > I have been using R for a few years now, and I've heard that R Studio is
> a similar program that is much easier to use! When I tried to use R Studio
> back in 2018, it didn't seem to be all that accessible. But I was also a
> first-year graduate student so I may not have totally known what I was
> doing.
> >
> > Anyway, what are your experiences with R Studio? Is it accessible? Is it
> worth downloading and trying to learn again?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help!
> > Kennedy
> >
> > Kennedy Stomberg, M.S. she/her/hers
> >
> >
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Kelli Faye Johnson, PhD
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