Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
7 results found tagged diagram accessibility.
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Analyzing Visual Layout for a Non-Visual Presentation-Document Interface
This paper from IBM Japan tackles a fundamental accessibility challenge: presentation documents (like PowerPoint slides) convey information primarily through visual layout, making them inherently difficult for blind screen reader users to understand.…
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Evaluation of a Non-Visual Molecule Browser
This paper evaluates Kekulé, software designed to allow visually impaired users to explore chemical molecular structures — diagrams that are typically presented as two-dimensional graph schematics showing atoms (nodes) connected by bonds (edges). Mol…
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AudioGraf: A Diagram-Reader for the Blind
This paper from ETH Zürich presents AudioGraf, a system that enables blind and visually impaired users to read diagrams through a combination of touch panel input and auditory display. The core problem addressed is that diagrams — widely used in tech…
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Constructing Relational Diagrams in Audio: The Multiple Perspective Hierarchical Approach
This paper from Queen Mary, University of London presents a novel approach for constructing and manipulating relational diagrams — such as Entity-Relationship (ER) diagrams — through an audio-only interface. While previous research addressed non-visu…
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GraSSML: Accessible Smart Schematic Diagrams for All
This paper addresses a persistent gap in web accessibility: making schematic diagrams (organizational charts, flowcharts, UML diagrams, etc.) accessible to people who cannot perceive visual representations. While previous approaches tried to work "bo…
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End-to-End Solution for Accessible Chemical Diagrams
This paper presents a complete pipeline for making chemical diagrams — typically distributed as inaccessible bitmap images — fully accessible on the web. The system takes bitmap images of molecular diagrams as input and produces interactive, explorab…
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Benthic: Perceptually Congruent Structures for Accessible Charts and Diagrams
This paper introduces Benthic, a system that creates perceptually congruent screen reader structures for graphical representations such as charts and diagrams. The core insight is that graphical representations communicate meaning through visual stru…