Graphs are used on a daily basis in a wide variety of industries including finance, technology, health care, and academia. Graphs make it easy for people to quickly get a big-picture understanding of data.
39 million people worldwide are estimated to be blind. Inability to utilize visual graphs can lead to a professional disadvantage, negatively affecting educational development and career prospects.
-“It’s hard for me to picture the trend, I just see the values in Excel”- U1: Participant who has been blind for 20 years 6/14/16
“Give me information that graphs provide, and leave the art to someone who has seen it.”-U2: Participant has been blind since birth 5/29/16
“I feel like I am now at a lifelong disadvantage because I don’t have regular exposure to graphs and analyzing graphs"- U3: Participant has been blind since birth 6/23/16
“...I need to be able to communicate where I am on a web page [with someone who is sighted].”- U3: Participant has been blind since birth 6/23/16