VoxLens: Making online data visualizations accessible with an interactive JavaScript plug-in

A Sharif, OH Wang, AT Muongchan… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
JavaScript visualization libraries are widely used to create online data visualizations but
provide limited access to their information for screen-reader users. Building on prior findings …

How accessible is my visualization? Evaluating visualization accessibility with Chartability

F Elavsky, C Bennett, D Moritz - Computer Graphics Forum, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Novices and experts have struggled to evaluate the accessibility of data visualizations
because there are no common shared guidelines across environments, platforms, and …

Understanding screen-reader users' experiences with online data visualizations

A Sharif, SS Chintalapati, JO Wobbrock… - Proceedings of the 23rd …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Online data visualizations are widely used to communicate information from simple statistics
to complex phenomena, supporting people in gaining important insights from data …

GenAssist: Making image generation accessible

M Huh, YH Peng, A Pavel - Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Blind and low vision (BLV) creators use images to communicate with sighted audiences.
However, creating or retrieving images is challenging for BLV creators as it is difficult to use …

Diffscriber: Describing Visual Design Changes to Support Mixed-Ability Collaborative Presentation Authoring

YH Peng, J Wu, J Bigham, A Pavel - Proceedings of the 35th Annual …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Visual slide-based presentations are ubiquitous, yet slide authoring tools are largely
inaccessible to people who are blind or visually impaired (BVI). When authoring …

Tangiblegrid: Tangible web layout design for blind users

J Li, Z Yan, EH Jarjue, A Shetty, H Peng - Proceedings of the 35th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We present TangibleGrid, a novel device that allows blind users to understand and design
the layout of a web page with real-time tangible feedback. We conducted semi-structured …

Collabally: Accessible collaboration awareness in document editing

CYP Lee, Z Zhang, J Herskovitz, JY Seo… - Proceedings of the 2022 …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Collaborative document editing tools are widely used in professional and academic
workplaces. While these tools provide basic accessibility support, it is challenging for blind …

Understanding Digital Content Creation Needs of Blind and Low Vision People

L Zhang, S Sun, L Findlater - Proceedings of the 25th International ACM …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Creative activities play an essential role in everyday life. Recently, there has been
increasing interest in the accessibility community to support blind and low vision (BLV) …

Slide Gestalt: Automatic Structure Extraction in Slide Decks for Non-Visual Access

YH Peng, P Chi, A Kannan, MR Morris… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Presentation slides commonly use visual patterns for structural navigation, such as titles,
dividers, and build slides. However, screen readers do not capture such intention, making it …

“So What? What's That to Do With Me?” Expectations of People With Visual Impairments for Image Descriptions in Their Personal Photo Activities

JY Jung, T Steinberger, J Kim… - Proceedings of the 2022 …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
People with visual impairments (PVI) access photos through image descriptions. Thus far,
research has studied what PVI expect in these descriptions mostly regarding functional …