Title
Constructive Visualization to Inform the Design and Exploration of Tactile Data Representations
Abstract
As data visualization has become increasingly important in our society, many challenges prevent people who are blind and visually impaired (BVI) from fully engaging with data and data graphics. For example, tactile data representations are commonly used by BVI people to explore spatial graphics, but it is difficult for BVI people to construct and understand tactile representations without prior training or expert assistance. In this work, we adopt a constructive visualization framework of using simple and versatile tokens to engage non-experts in the construction of tactile data representations. We present preliminary results of how participants chose to interpret and create tactile data representations and the preferred haptic exploratory procedures used for retrieving information. All participants used similar construction strategies and converged upon 3D compact spatial forms to retrieve and display analytical information. These insights can inform future data visualization authoring and consumption tools that users of more diverse skill backgrounds can effectively navigate.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1145/3373625.3418027
ASSETS '20: The 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility Virtual Event Greece October, 2020
DocType
ISBN
Citations 
Conference
978-1-4503-7103-2
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Danyang Fan100.34
Alexa F. Siu2235.54
Sile O'Modhrain352.79
Sean Follmer485356.83