Accessible data visualisations
Creating accessible data visualisations is a tough job. I collected some interesting resources. At this moment I dare to say there are no out-of-the box accessible solutions.
Last edited: 7 March 2024
Data and accessibility resources
- Chartability
- DataViz Accessibility Advocacy and Advisory Group
- Accessible Data Visualizations
- Do No Harm Guide: Centering Accessibility in Data Visualization
- Accessibility support (aria, roles, html, attributes)
Tableau
- Easy steps to make your Tableau visualizations more screen reader-friendly
- Part I - A Tableau Accessibility Journey
- Part II - Fixing Focus Order in Tableau
- Part III - Color Contrast and Font Size
- Part IV - Keyboard Accessibility
Power BI
ArcGIS
- WCAG, ESRI
- ESRI Standards and Specifications
- Commen Accessibility Questions, ESRI Legal
- Accessible Web Mapping Apps: ARIA, WCAG and 508 Compliance (2017) (video without subtitles)
- Working with Enhanced Contrast basemaps to improve accessibility
Highcharts
- Highcharts open accessibility issues
- Highcharts
- Highcharts Accessibility module
- 10 basic guidelines to make data visualizations more accessible
- Line chart demonstrating some accessibility features of Highcharts
D3.js
- An introduction to accessible data visualizations with D3.js
- How to create a screen reader accessible graph like Apple's with D3.js
- D3 chart principles
- Adventures in D3: Accessibility
- How to begin making your data visualizations more accessible to people with disabilities (not checked yet)
- Fully accessible dashboards - The Californian Design Handbook
- Accessibility in d3 Donut Charts (missing here: color contrast and color blindness)
There is more to come here...
