JavaScript package to quickly make charts accessible to the blind
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Hi HN,Charts can convey a lot of information but are difficult to make accessible for visually impaired and blind users. The most common solutions are to include a data table or attempt to describe the chart in alt text, often resulting in a subpar user experience.I’m a blind software developer and one of the contributors to Chart2Music (C2M), an open source JavaScript/TypeScript package which tries to simplify creating accessible charts. It works with pretty much any charting library to add interactive sonification and verbal output through screen reading software.The goals of the project are: * Allow chart authors to make accessible charts without having to understand sonification best pra
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Website: www.chart2music.com/docs
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