Last year, I had the chance to hear R. Godfrey <http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=416430>speak at the useR conference on "Interactive graphs for blind and print disabled people".
It is pretty amazing how he tackles the challenges of doing data analysis and statistics without be able to see or use a mouse. Not the same obstacles your student faces, but perhaps some inspiration? You can see his talk here: https://channel9.msdn.com/events/useR-international-R-User-conferences/useR-International-R-User-2017-Conference/Interactive-graphs-for-blind-and-print-disabled-people And read his article "Statistical Software from a Blind Person’s Perspective" here: https://journal.r-project.org/archive/2013-1/godfrey.pdf On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 11:16 AM Laurent Gatto <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 8 September 2017 17:55, William Rowell wrote: > > > From a friend of a friend: > > > > "I am working with a very talented undergraduate who has muscular > > dystrophy and very limited use of his hands. He’s wicked smart and > > interested in biology and trying to figure out what he’s going to do > > after undergrad. I’m trying to push him towards bioinformatics, but > > he’s hesitant because, while speech-to-text software works great for > > writing papers, he doesn’t think it will work well for coding.” > > > > Does anyone know of any tools or resources that could be helpful here? > > This is a video that really impressed me. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SkdfdXWYaI > > Unfortunately, I don't have any resources, and I don't think it is easy > to get to the level to control featured in that video, but a nice > demonstration of what is possible. > > Best wishes, > > Laurent > > > Thanks! > > > > --Billy > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss > > > -- > Laurent Gatto | @lgatt0 > http://cpu.sysbiol.cam.ac.uk/ > http://lgatto.github.io/ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss
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