[BlindRUG] R statistics program inquiries

[Bella Teta]

 Thank you, everyone for all the insightful information, and I really
appreciate all the resources that were given in this  thread. As for some
of the questions, I am pretty proficient with using JAWS, NVDA, as well as
narrator. I had some limited training with Lennox and I currently use a
Human Wear brailliant 20 X which I would say, I am proficient in. I hope
this helps answer any questions that you might’ve had and let me know if
there’s any additional information I should be aware of. “”Thank  you so
much.



Sincerely,






 Bella TetaOn Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 16:38 Jonathan Godfrey via BlindRUG <
blindrug at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Good morning Bella,
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> First let me commend you on being so proactive.
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> You asked about resources, tips, and tricks. You will have received some
> pointers to resources when you signed up to this list. Some of them are
> getting a bit tired, but finding time to update them in a world that now
> has lots of accessible resources is a low priority for me.
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> Tips and tricks are very user-specific. The most successful R users among
> us seem to make use of quite different approaches,
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> based on our research or employment needs and our backgrounds. For
> example, those of us who did not have decent access to RStudio during our
> formative experiences, haven’t all embraced RStudio since it has made
> improvements (myself included).
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> Knowing how much experience you have with programming, IDEs, and even
> which screen reader you are most comfortable using, and whether you have a
> Braille display will al help us help you.
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> I do suggest your proactivity includes reaching out to course staff early.
> Hopefully they can even help get you started using R. You will have to
> remember that most R users cannot function without that mouse so you will
> be doing things differently. Cut them some slack.
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> I would recommend making use of R markdown because it starts with
> accessible text and generates readable HTML. I would hope that a modern
> course would be doing this, but that will depend on the choices made by
> your professors. Knowing what they need you to work with will help us help
> you.
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> I would hope you make use of my BrailleR package. This will help with many
> graphs created using ggplot(). You won’t see the benefits until you are
> making graphs though.
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> OK, that’s enough for now,.
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> All the best,
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> Jonathan
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> *From:* BlindRUG <blindrug-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On Behalf Of *Bella Teta
> via BlindRUG
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 18 June 2025 7:56 am
> *To:* blindrug at nfbnet.org
> *Cc:* Bella Teta <b.teta2005 at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* [BlindRUG] R statistics program inquiries
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> Hello,
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> MY name is Bella, and I am writing on this list to get some feedback on
> how to use R software with a screen reader. I currently use JAWS and NVDA
> as my primary screen readers and I am planning to take a biostatistics
> course this Fall. I have never used this program before, and I am trying to
> seek out resources in learning this software before I start this course. I
> would gratefully appreciate tips and tricks using a screen reader with this
> statistical software and anything else that could be of help to me. Thank
> you.
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> Sincerely,
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> Bella Teta
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> Look for help using R commands by reading the accessible e-book "Let's Use
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