Understanding Strategies and Challenges of Conducting Daily Data Analysis (DDA) Among Blind and Low-vision People

Chutian Jiang; Wentao Lei; Emily Kuang; Teng Han; Mingming Fan

doi:10.1145/3597638.3608423

Understanding Strategies and Challenges of Conducting Daily Data Analysis (DDA) Among Blind and Low-vision People

Chutian Jiang, Wentao Lei, Emily Kuang, Teng Han, Mingming Fan^*

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Division of Integrative Systems and Design

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Abstract

Being able to analyze and derive insights from data, which we call Daily Data Analysis (DDA), is an increasingly important skill in everyday life. While the accessibility community has explored ways to make data more accessible to blind and low-vision (BLV) people, little is known about how BLV people perform DDA. Knowing BLV people's strategies and challenges in DDA would allow the community to make DDA more accessible to them. Toward this goal, we conducted a mixed-methods study of interviews and think-aloud sessions with BLV people (N=16). Our study revealed five key approaches for DDA (i.e., overview obtaining, column comparison, key statistics identification, note-taking, and data validation) and the associated challenges. We discussed the implications of our findings and highlighted potential directions to make DDA more accessible for BLV people.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ASSETS 2023 - Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400702204
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3597638.3608423
Publication status	Published - 22 Oct 2023
Event	25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2023 - New York, United States Duration: 23 Oct 2023 → 25 Oct 2023

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Name	ASSETS 2023 - Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

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Conference	25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	New York
Period	23/10/23 → 25/10/23

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© 2023 ACM.

Keywords

blind and low vision
BLV
daily data analysis
data accessibility
data exploration
DDA
interview
qualitative study
think-aloud

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Jiang, C., Lei, W., Kuang, E., Han, T., & Fan, M. (2023). Understanding Strategies and Challenges of Conducting Daily Data Analysis (DDA) Among Blind and Low-vision People. In ASSETS 2023 - Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility Article 46 (ASSETS 2023 - Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3597638.3608423

Jiang, Chutian ; Lei, Wentao ; Kuang, Emily et al. / Understanding Strategies and Challenges of Conducting Daily Data Analysis (DDA) Among Blind and Low-vision People. ASSETS 2023 - Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2023. (ASSETS 2023 - Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility).

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Jiang, C, Lei, W, Kuang, E, Han, T & Fan, M 2023, Understanding Strategies and Challenges of Conducting Daily Data Analysis (DDA) Among Blind and Low-vision People. in ASSETS 2023 - Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility., 46, ASSETS 2023 - Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2023, New York, United States, 23/10/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3597638.3608423

Understanding Strategies and Challenges of Conducting Daily Data Analysis (DDA) Among Blind and Low-vision People. / Jiang, Chutian; Lei, Wentao; Kuang, Emily et al.
ASSETS 2023 - Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2023. 46 (ASSETS 2023 - Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility).

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Jiang C, Lei W, Kuang E, Han T, Fan M. Understanding Strategies and Challenges of Conducting Daily Data Analysis (DDA) Among Blind and Low-vision People. In ASSETS 2023 - Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2023. 46. (ASSETS 2023 - Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility). doi: 10.1145/3597638.3608423

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