Making data visualization more accessible for blind and low-vision individuals - MIT News


6/2/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 11 months ago
by Adam Zewe | MIT News Office

Researchers have developed prototypes of data visualizations that enable blind and low-vision people who use screen readers to more easily explore information and gain deeper insights about chart data. They plan to turn these prototypes into a software tool t…

Data visualizations on the web are largely inaccessible for blind and low-vision individuals who use screen readers, an assistive technology that reads on-screen elements as text-to-speech. This excl… [+8395 chars]

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