Towards Accessible Charts for Blind and Partially Sighted People

Towards Accessible Charts for Blind and Partially Sighted People (Conference Paper + Poster, 2017)

September 2017

Conference: Mensch und Computer 2017
At: Regensburg, Germany

Christin Engel, David Gollasch, Meinhardt Branig, Gerhard Weber

Perception of charts is a challenging task for blind and visually impaired people. Nevertheless, charts are an important tool to analyse data. Appropriate output media are needed making data analysis more accessible. We propose a workflow and tooling requirements to integrate the generation of accessible charts. Towards getting there, we present our current prototypical state and specify further steps.