Library Guides: Data Visualization: Accessibility

Resources

Use for learning more about accessibility standards and requirements
- WCAG 2.1 At a Glance
Colors / Contrast / Font
- WebAIM Color Contrast Checker
- Color Brewer
- Braille Institute, Atkinson Hyperlegible Font (higher readability for low vision readers)
Visualization Audit for Accessibility
- Chartability
Tool-specific Resources
- Accessiblity in Excel
- UW Accessible Technology Webinar: Data Viz Accessibility (Tableau-specific)
- Authoring for Accessiblity – Tableau and Tableau VPATs
- Accessibility Tableau User Group
- Accessible Graphs for charts using Python
Alt Text for Visualizations
- Amy Cesal, "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization," Nightingale: Journal of the Data Visualization Society, July 23, 2020
- Example of a text-only dashboard: UW COVID case and vaccination tracking
Articles
- Doug Shepers, "Why Accessibility Is at the Heart of Data Visualization," Nightingale: The Journal of the Data Visualization Society, May 21, 2020
- Melanie Mazanec, "Data Visualization Accessibility: Where Are We Now, and What’s Next?" Nightingale: The Journal of the Data Visualization Society, May 21, 2020
- Amy Dickens, "Are you accessible? — A Primer on Web Accessibility," Samsung Internet Developers, October 23, 2018
- Accessibility for Teams, "Visual design: Data visualizations"
- keenblog, "Accessibility Considerations in Data Visualization Design," July 16, 2019
- Sarah L. Fossheim, "An intro to designing accessible data visualizations," January 12, 2020