Accessible Data Science
2026-02-05
What is “accessibility”?
- ensure all people can access our analysis with equity of outcomes
What are problems with accessibility of DSSE, based on what we have seen in the course?
Designing effective, accessible user interfaces - which is all a chart/report/paper/analysis is, really - is not simple! In fact the government has a large number of communications professionals who are specifically asked not to leet engineers communicate with the public. But we can do better!
| ## Accessibility for blind and low-vision audiences |
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| ## Screen readers example. |
| Voice Over Cmd- f5 |
| Alt-text vs no alt-text on Twitter |
| Using properly formatted charts with SVGs and W3 standards |
Alternate representations
- Tactile interfaces
wikistix
raised curves
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