Supporting accessible data visualization through audio data narratives

A Siu, G SH Kim, S O'Modhrain, S Follmer - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Online data visualizations play an important role in informing public opinion but are often
inaccessible to screen reader users. To address the need for accessible data …

Towards accessible chart visualizations for the non-visuals: Research, applications and gaps

M Singh, MS Kanroo, HS Kawoosa, P Goyal - Computer science review, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Chart Visualizations (CharVis) such as charts/plots and diagrams are commonly
used in documents for representing the underlying quantitative information. However, the …

Visualization accessibility in the wild: Challenges faced by visualization designers

SCS Joyner, A Riegelhuth, K Garrity, YS Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Data visualizations are now widely used across many disciplines. However, many of them
are not easily accessible for visually impaired people. In this work, we use three-staged …

Exploring chart question answering for blind and low vision users

J Kim, A Srinivasan, NW Kim, YS Kim - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Data visualizations can be complex or involve numerous data points, making them
impractical to navigate using screen readers alone. Question answering (QA) systems have …

The accessibility of data visualizations on the web for screen reader users: Practices and experiences during covid-19

D Fan, A Fay Siu, H Rao, GSH Kim, X Vazquez… - ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Data visualization has become an increasingly important means of effective data
communication and has played a vital role in broadcasting the progression of COVID-19 …

An Autoethnographic Case Study of Generative Artificial Intelligence's Utility for Accessibility

KS Glazko, M Yamagami, A Desai, KA Mack… - Proceedings of the 25th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
With the recent rapid rise in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) tools, it is imperative that
we understand their impact on people with disabilities, both positive and negative. However …

Slide-tone and tilt-tone: 1-DOF haptic techniques for conveying shape characteristics of graphs to blind users

D Fan, AF Siu, WSA Law, RR Zhen… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We increasingly rely on up-to-date, data-driven graphs to understand our environments and
make informed decisions. However, many of the methods blind and visually impaired users …

Accessible data representation with natural sound

MN Hoque, M Ehtesham-Ul-Haque, N Elmqvist… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Sonification translates data into non-speech audio. Such auditory representations can make
data visualization accessible to people who are blind or have low vision (BLV). This paper …

“I Just Didn't Notice It:” Experiences with Misinformation Warnings on Social Media amongst Users Who Are Low Vision or Blind

F Sharevski, AN Zeidieh - Proceedings of the 2023 New Security …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Dealing with misinformation on social media is a complex affair as platforms have to
continuously decide whether and how to moderate falsehoods and misleading content. The …

Understanding Strategies and Challenges of Conducting Daily Data Analysis (DDA) Among Blind and Low-vision People

C Jiang, W Lei, E Kuang, T Han, M Fan - Proceedings of the 25th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Being able to analyze and derive insights from data, which we call Daily Data Analysis
(DDA), is an increasingly important skill in everyday life. While the accessibility community …