Resources
Accessible Charts and Graphs: What to Include and Why
(The Accessibility Guy)
This article provides a practical six-step workflow and checklist that provides guidance about how to make charts and graphs accessible. There is a 10 minute video within the article that covers all the same information as text.
How to Make Complex Data Accessible for Users with Disabilities
(Pope Tech)
When creating a chart, graph, or other visualization, it’s important to consider the purpose of your data and your audience. You will also want to make sure you design multiple pathways for understanding. This article will help you walk through these considerations as you plan your chart or graph.
Accessible Data Visualizations (approx. 8 minute video)
(Pope Tech)
This video provides five strategies to make charts and graphs more accessible. Two of these strategies highlight what to include in a chart or graph caption and the importance of having a goal for the data visualization and keeping it as simple as possible.
How to Make Charts and Graphs More Accessible
(Pope Tech)
This article explains how to make both static and dynamic charts and graphs (also known as data visualizations) accessible. The section about static data visualizations can be applied if you embed an image of a chart or graph within a website page. The dynamic data visualizations content will be helpful if you use a system such as Microsoft Power BI to create dynamic charts and graphs.
Design Power BI Reports for Accessibility
(Microsoft)
If you use Power BI to convey reporting, then this may be a helpful resource for you to understand the accessibility features built in to Power BI. It includes information about some steps you need to take as the report creator to configure the features (alt text, tab order, titles and labels, markers, report themes).