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In this video, we’ll be discussing how to design accessible data visualizations. By accessible, I mean designing your visualizations so disabled users can understand them.
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How to Design Accessible Visualizations
- Don’t rely on color alone to explain data
- Follow color contrast guidelines
- Label data points directly
- Avoid hover overlays
- Provide alternate descriptions
- Use plain language
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The sketches we looked at were executed
primarily using a black marker with
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occasional blue highlights.
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In this video,
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we'll discussing how to design
accessible data visualizations.
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By accessible, I mean,
designing your visualizations so
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disabled users can understand them.
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The reason I'm bringing attention to the
lack of color in the set of sketches we
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reviewed is it leads to our first rule
of designing accessible visualizations.
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Don't rely on color alone
to explain the data.
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