Increasing Agency of Screen-Reader Users in Consuming Information From Online Data Visualizations
Ather Sharif, Andrew Zhang, Jacob Wobbrock · 2025 · Proceedings of the 22nd International Web for All Conference (W4A)
This paper addresses a fundamental equity problem in data visualization accessibility: screen-reader users are limited to consuming only the information that visualization creators choose to provide, with no agency to customize what they hear. Prior research shows screen-reader…
data visualization accessibility · screen readers · user agency · sonification · alt text