R devel - Jan 2024 - ADA Compliance

Hello,


I am working with Ball State University to obtain a license of R. As part of our
requirements for obtaining new software, we must review the VPAT for ADA
compliance. Can you provide this information for me?

Thanks,


Zayne Hunter
Technology Advisor & Vendor Relations Manager
Ball State University
zayne.hunter at bsu.edu
(765)285-7853






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I would be very surprised if anyone had written up a VPAT 
<https://www.section508.gov/sell/vpat/> for R.

   It won't help you with the bureaucratic requirements, but R is in 
fact very accessible to visually impaired users: e.g. see

 
https://community.rstudio.com/t/accessibility-of-r-rstudio-compared-to-excel-for-student-that-is-legally-blind/103849/3

 From https://github.com/ajrgodfrey/BrailleR

 > R is perhaps the most blind-friendly statistical software option 
because all scripts can be written in plain text, using the text editor 
a user prefers, and all output can be saved in a wide range of file 
formats. The advent of R markdown and other reproducible research 
techniques can offer the blind user a degree of efficiency that is not 
offered in many other statistical software options. In addition, the 
processed Rmd files are usually HTML which are the best supported files 
in terms of screen reader development.

   (And there is continued attention to making sure R stays accessible 
in this way: 
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2022-December/082180.html; 
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2023-February/082313.html)

   R is also easy to use without a mouse, which should improve 
accessibility for users with neuromuscular conditions.

    cheers
     Ben Bolker




On 2024-01-12 2:50 p.m., Hunter, Zayne via R-devel
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I am working with Ball State University to obtain a license of R. As part
of our requirements for obtaining new software, we must review the VPAT for ADA
compliance. Can you provide this information for me?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Zayne Hunter
> Technology Advisor & Vendor Relations Manager
> Ball State University
> zayne.hunter at bsu.edu
> (765)285-7853
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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On 1/12/2024 1:50 PM, Hunter, Zayne via R-devel wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> I am working with Ball State University to obtain a license of R.
R is open source so there really should be no need to "obtain a license 
for R".? This can hopefully reduce the hoops you must jump through.?? 
Mostly, I believe you can think of the R license as GPL2/GPL3, but you 
can read more about other R and R package licenses here: 
https://www.r-project.org/Licenses/#:~:text=R%20as%20a%20package%20is,%2C%20which%20includes%20GPL%2D3%20.

> As part of our requirements for obtaining new software, we must review the
VPAT for ADA compliance. Can you provide this information for me?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Zayne Hunter
> Technology Advisor & Vendor Relations Manager
> Ball State University
> zayne.hunter at bsu.edu
> (765)285-7853
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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