[Athen] Tableau visualizations

[Kathleen Cahill]

Hi Sharon,

We are evaluating accessibility of some Tableau visualizations currently with one of our departments.  We’d be happy to share some information.  We’re meeting with a developer in our IT department who works on Tableau and can follow up with information after that.

Kathy


Kathy Cahill
Associate Dean, Accessibility and Usability
MIT Office of Undergraduate Education
77 Mass. Ave. 7-143
Cambridge MA 02139
kcahill at mit.edu<mailto:kcahill at mit.edu>
(617) 253-5111



From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu> on behalf of Sharon M Trerise <smtreris at syr.edu>
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Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 9:15 AM
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Subject: [Athen] Tableau visualizations

The last discussion I can find in the ATHEN archives is from 2015.  My understanding is that the latest version of Tableau implemented some significant accessibility improvements.

Does anyone have recommendations for creating accessible visualizations with Tableau?  I’ve found significant issues with screen reader access when trying to read data visualizations. Even though the data points appear in text on mouseover, they don’t seem to be available to the screen reader.

Does anyone have experience with Narratives for Tableau (https://narrativescience.com/Partners/Business-Intelligence/Tableau) which claims to create automated explanations of the visualizations?

Thanks.

Sharon

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