Hi, I use R with a screen reader to do statistical and financial analysis.
There are a couple of things that your student can do. R was created on Linux, and then ported to Windows. So she can use R under Linux where the CLI is perfectly accessible. There are 2 main screen readers for Linux: Speakup for the text console and Orca for the Gnome Desktop. Also, ESS, an extension to Emacs can be used as well. On Windows, the accessibility of R console can vary from screen reader to screen reader. I mainly work on the R terminal found in C:\Program Files\R\R-2.10.0\bin. You could create a desktop shortcut for the Rterm.exe file. If she is not comfortable typing directly on the R console, then a text editor can be used for the R code. Any text editor can do, though I use Tinn-R, which is fairly accessible. Tinn-R can be found here. http://www.sciviews.org/Tinn-R/ The code can either be pasted in R or can be run directly by using the source function. source("C:/Test.r") See ?source R output can be sent to a text file using sink() # Open the connection sink("sink-Test.txt") # Enter something x <- c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5) mean(x) # End the connection sink() More helpful would be ?sink and ?capture.output Depending on what she has to do, R can also be used through Excel which is again accessible. Regards Roopakshi from India ------------------------------ > > Message: 29 > Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 15:41:41 +0200 > From: "Rainer Scheuchenpflug" > <scheuchenpf...@psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de> > To: <r-help@r-project.org> > Subject: [R] Using R with screenreading software > Message-ID: > <002e01caeb8f$8736b2c0$95a418...@uni-wuerzburg.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear R-Experts, > > a student of mine tries to use the Windows-Rconsole with > screen reading > software (she is blind), and cannot access the command line > (Menus are ok). > The company which produces her screen reader tells her that > this is due to > the cursor used in Rconsole, which is static, not blinking. > They maintain > that if the cursor could be changed to a blinking one, she > should be able to > access the command line and outputs. > > For my last exam she used R in a Dosbox as workaround, but > encountered other > problems, esp. with scrolling. So: Is it possible to change > the cursor > type/behavior in R-Console? > She uses R 2.8.1, Windows 2000, and screenreader Virgo 4.6 > from Baum Retec, > if that is any help. > > Your assistance with this problem and any other tips for > teaching R to blind > users will be much appreciated, > Rainer Scheuchenpflug > > Dr. Rainer Scheuchenpflug > Lehrstuhl f?r Psychologie III > R?ntgenring 11 > 97070 W?rzburg > Tel: 0931-31-82185 > Fax: 0931-31-82616 > Mail: scheuchenpf...@psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de > Web: http://www.izvw.de ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.