[BlindMath] Presenting charts and data online

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
Highcharts is the only library that enables an audio version of their
graph. You can try making your own graph with the Sonification Studio:
http://sonification.highcharts.com/
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>


On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 8:03 AM Lucas Nadolskis via BlindMath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Couldn’t agree more.
> I remember seeing various articles about the number  of covid cases per
> state in the USA and when I open them it was all graphs.
> That would be quite simply presented as a list with the name of the state
> and the number of cases.
> I believe they want to use color representation since it is more appealing
> to viewers.
>
> Thanks for your initiative of emailing the BBC that is such a great idea.
>
>
> Kind regards.
>
> Lucas Nadolskis.
>
>
> > On Aug 9, 2021, at 5:13 AM, Robin Williams via BlindMath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all, and with apologies for the cross-posting ...
> >
> > I have been growing increasingly frustrated by the amount of information
> that is hidden from us in charts and graphics on popular public websites,
> such as the BBC. Take for example this BBC News summary of the IPCC climate
> change report published today:
> > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58130705
> > There are a couple of very lazy uses of alt text here, an infographic
> labelled 'infographic' and a chart labelled 'chart'. The BBC have been
> criminal with such lazy uses of alt text, particularly during the pandemic,
> during which the importance of data and charts in the public discourse has
> arguably never been more important. I'm going to contact the BBC and
> encourage them to try harder, but wondered in what forms people would like
> to see data presented. For me, for a simple scatter diagram, a short
> description in the alt text will usually suffice. I'm less sure about
> infographics though. And what about more complicated representations of
> data? I recall some cool work done by Jonathan G and a collaborator a while
> ago which provided access to histograms in a convenient online format, and
> there are also tools such as the SAS Graphics Accelerator. Would people
> like to see access to those types of tools used more widely in the public
> domain? I for one would.
> >
> > Any thoughts appreciated.
> >
> > Bests,
> > Robin
> >
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