MultiVis: improving access to visualisations for visually impaired people

  • Authors:
  • David K. McGookin;Stephen A. Brewster

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Glasgow, Glasgow;University of Glasgow, Glasgow

  • Venue:
  • CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2006

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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.