“If I’m showing something to a seeing colleague, then I want it to be good”
Being blind doesn't not having standards for visual appeal! AI can help make some stylistic choices that look professional and in tune with your corporate aesthetics.
VizAbility
Adding the VIS to Your Ability
Problem Statement
Blind and low-vision professionals encounter barriers in drafting and optimizing data visualizations, and lacking the means to determine the most effective visual strategies for conveying data insights.
Target Audience
Blind professionals who would like to create infographics and visualizations to communicate data insights to sighted colleagues for presentation.
User Research
What We Heard
What We Built
“I'd like to know that given my data what are the two different ways of presenting these visually are the most impactful?”
AI doesn't need to give us the answer, but it can give us the option. Our tool will return different visualizations with textual design critiques for you to choose from
"First pass I wanna be able to do it on my own, but then I want to be able to surface it to three four trusted colleagues to get feedback. "
Autonomy doesn't mean taking humans out of the loop! We don't want AI to replace the collaboration with colleages, but we want to make the collaboration easier.
How It Works
Step 1
Upload your data file and a few sentences on the project background
Step 2
Receive AI generated recommendations on the types of visualizations and what the advantage and disadvantage of each type.
Step 3
Choose 3 visualizations that suits your needs the best
Step 4
Receive the generated graphs in SVG based on your choice, also returning the code for the charts if you are interested in further modification
Deployment Plan
We have site live here (Not fully functional live yet! Currently fixing file upload issue!)
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Our Team
Eden Adler | Researcher at MIT Media Lab
Katie Chen | Researcher at MIT CSAIL
Leandra Tejedor | Researcher at MIT CSAIL