[R] help for lay person assisting R user with disability

[Courtney Bryant]

Good Morning,
I am currently working with a disabled R user who is a student here at CMU.  The student has both sight and mobility issues.  The student has asked for an assistant who is well versed in R to enter data for her, which we are having a hard time finding.  I would like information from R developers/users about how/how well R interfaces with Excel (an easier skill set to find!)   In your opinion, could it be as easy as uploading data from excel into R?  

Also, do you know of a way to enlarge the R interface or otherwise assist in making the program accessible to a low vision person?  My  limited understanding leads me to believe that screen magnifiers like zoom text don't work particularly well.  If you have information on that, I would very much appreciate it.  

Thanks for your help and for bearing with me!
Courtney



Courtney Bryant, EOS Specialist 
Equal Opportunity Services, Human Resources
Carnegie Mellon University
412-268-3930 | cbryant at andrew.cmu.edu