<div dir="auto">I second using BrailleR. I make all my students who need accessible plotting/plots use it. <br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Michael Ryan Hunsaker, M.Ed., Ph.D. (he/him)<br>NLS-LOC Certified UEB Transcriber<br>Teacher for Students with Visual Impairments<br>Davis School District<br> CONTACT<br>I will reply to communication between the hours of 7:15-15:00pm MST<br><br>Voice/Text<br>Office +1 (801) 402-5955<br>Google Voice +1 (385) 645-7021<br>(text message or call and leave a voicemail, and I will return your call ASAP)<br>Email <a href="mailto:ryhunsaker@dsdmail.net">ryhunsaker@dsdmail.net</a><br> Mailing Addresses<br>(Primary)<br>Davis High School<br>325 South Main St<br>Kaysville, UT 84037<br><br>(Secondary)<br>Fairfield Jr. High<br>951 Fairfield Rd<br>Kaysville, UT 84037<br><br>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br>FERPA/HIPPA CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT<br>Please keep in mind that communications via email over the internet are not secure. Although it is unlikely, there is a possibility that information you include in an email can be intercepted and read by other parties besides the person to whom it is addressed.<br>The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited.<br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 14:38 Jonathan Godfrey via BlindRUG <<a href="mailto:blindrug@nfbnet.org">blindrug@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Good morning Bella,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>First let me commend you on being so proactive.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>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\u2019t all embraced RStudio since
it has made improvements (myself included). <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I would hope you make use of my BrailleR package. This will help with many graphs created using ggplot(). You won\u2019t see the benefits until you are making graphs though.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>OK, that\u2019s enough for now,.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>All the best,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Jonathan<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> BlindRUG <<a href="mailto:blindrug-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">blindrug-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bella Teta via BlindRUG<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 18 June 2025 7:56 am<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:blindrug@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">blindrug@nfbnet.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Bella Teta <<a href="mailto:b.teta2005@gmail.com" target="_blank">b.teta2005@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [BlindRUG] R statistics program inquiries<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bella Teta <u></u><u></u></p>
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