MultiVis: improving access to visualisations for visually impaired people

McGookin, D.K. and Brewster, S.A. (2006) MultiVis: improving access to visualisations for visually impaired people. In: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 22-27 April 2006, pp. 267-270. ISBN 1595932984 (doi: 10.1145/1125451.1125509)

Abstract

This paper illustrates work undertaken on the MultiVis project to allow visually impaired users both to construct and browse mathematical graphs effectively. We start by discussing the need for such work, before discussing some of the problems of current technology. We then discuss Graph Builder, a novel tool to allow interactive graph construction, and Sound Bar which provides quick overview access to bar graphs.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
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• Keywords: haptics, visual impairment, visualisation
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: McGookin, Dr David and Brewster, Professor Stephen
• Authors: McGookin, D.K., and Brewster, S.A.
• Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science; Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Publisher: ACM Press
• ISBN: 1595932984
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2006 ACM Press
• First Published: First published in CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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