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Of the 55 government agencies' tweets that contained public health guidance information, only 12 agencies employed alt text descriptions, resulting in only 56% of images being accessible.
“Of the 55 government agencies' tweets that contained public health guidance information, only 12 agencies employed alt text descriptions, resulting in only 56% of images being accessible.”
From The Accessibility of Data Visualizations on the Web for Screen Reader Users: Practices and Experiences During COVID-19 (2023) · cites this paper as [50]
Gleason et al. found that improper dissemination of public health information was one domain that negatively impacted PWD.
“A Twitter analysis conducted by Gleason et al. found that improper dissemination of public health information was one domain that negatively impacted PWD [50].”
From The Accessibility of Data Visualizations on the Web for Screen Reader Users: Practices and Experiences During COVID-19 (2023) · cites this paper as [50]
Our survey respondents and study participants noted a broad lack of accessibility to sources of reliable data in publicly available websites at the early onset of the pandemic when it was most important, and expressed widespread concern for timely and accurate COVID-19 data graphics.
“Our survey respondents and study participants noted a broad lack of accessibility to sources of reliable data in publicly available websites at the early onset of the pandemic when it was most important, echoing fndings of earlier COVID-19 work [50,62], and expressed widespread concern for timely and accurate COVID-19 data graphics.”
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- Authors
- Goncu, C., Marriott, K., & Hurst, J.
- Affiliations
- Monash University (AU)
- Venue
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 167-181
- ISSN
- 0302-9743 (ISSN-L)
- 1611-3349
- OpenAlex
- W1523445111
- Cited by
- 29
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 2.34
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Lecture notes in computer science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Data Visualization and Analytics
- Keywords
- tactile diagrams, blind users, visual impairment, audio description, grid lines, user preferences, usability evaluation, error rate
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