{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4392736249","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3640543.3645175","title":"Chart4Blind: An Intelligent Interface for Chart Accessibility Conversion","display_name":"Chart4Blind: An Intelligent Interface for Chart Accessibility Conversion","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-03-18","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4392736249","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3640543.3645175"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3640543.3645175","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3640543.3645175","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3640543.3645175","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"preprint","indexed_in":["arxiv","crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3640543.3645175","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5053010867","display_name":"Omar Moured","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4227-8417"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I102335020","display_name":"Karlsruhe Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04t3en479","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I102335020","https://openalex.org/I1305996414"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Omar Moured","raw_affiliation_strings":["Computer Vision for Human-Computer Interaction Lab, Institute for Anthropomatics and Robotics, Germany and Center for Digital Accessibility and Assistive Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4227-8417","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Vision for Human-Computer Interaction Lab, Institute for Anthropomatics and Robotics, Germany and Center for Digital Accessibility and Assistive Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102335020"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5094134635","display_name":"Morris Baumgarten-Egemole","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3064-789X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I102335020","display_name":"Karlsruhe Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04t3en479","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I102335020","https://openalex.org/I1305996414"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Morris Baumgarten-Egemole","raw_affiliation_strings":["Center for Digital Accessibility and Assistive Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3064-789X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Center for Digital Accessibility and Assistive Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102335020"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5064536465","display_name":"Karin M\u00fcller","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4309-1822"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I102335020","display_name":"Karlsruhe Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04t3en479","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I102335020","https://openalex.org/I1305996414"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Karin M\u00fcller","raw_affiliation_strings":["Center for Digital Accessibility and Assistive Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4309-1822","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Center for Digital Accessibility and Assistive Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102335020"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5076927137","display_name":"Alina Roitberg","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4724-9164"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I100066346","display_name":"University of Stuttgart","ror":"https://ror.org/04vnq7t77","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I100066346"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alina Roitberg","raw_affiliation_strings":["Intelligent Sensing and Perception Group, University of Stuttgart, Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4724-9164","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Intelligent Sensing and Perception Group, University of Stuttgart, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I100066346"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5005932670","display_name":"Thorsten Schwarz","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7346-5744"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I102335020","display_name":"Karlsruhe Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04t3en479","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I102335020","https://openalex.org/I1305996414"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Thorsten Schwarz","raw_affiliation_strings":["Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Center for Digital Accessibility and Assistive Technology, Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7346-5744","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Center for Digital Accessibility and Assistive Technology, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102335020"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5087051920","display_name":"Rainer Stiefelhagen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8046-4945"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I102335020","display_name":"Karlsruhe Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04t3en479","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I102335020","https://openalex.org/I1305996414"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rainer Stiefelhagen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Center for Digital Accessibility and Assistive Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8046-4945","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Center for Digital Accessibility and Assistive Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102335020"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5053010867"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102335020"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":6.2014,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":19,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97074463,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":96,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"504","last_page":"514"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10914","display_name":"Tactile and Sensory Interactions","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2805","display_name":"Cognitive Neuroscience"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10914","display_name":"Tactile and Sensory Interactions","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2805","display_name":"Cognitive Neuroscience"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10799","display_name":"Data Visualization and Analytics","score":0.9958000183105469,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12481","display_name":"Digital Accessibility for Disabilities","score":0.9947999715805054,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3307","display_name":"Human Factors and Ergonomics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scalable-vector-graphics","display_name":"Scalable Vector Graphics","score":0.8780437111854553},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7962976694107056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bitmap","display_name":"Bitmap","score":0.6450170874595642},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vector-graphics","display_name":"Vector graphics","score":0.639715850353241},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/metadata","display_name":"Metadata","score":0.6243321895599365},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/usability","display_name":"Usability","score":0.6014536619186401},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/graphics","display_name":"Graphics","score":0.5582308173179626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/raster-graphics","display_name":"Raster graphics","score":0.5294988751411438},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.5292921662330627},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/visualization","display_name":"Visualization","score":0.5127657055854797},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/interface","display_name":"Interface (matter)","score":0.46518057584762573},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/screen-reader","display_name":"Screen reader","score":0.44187504053115845},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multimedia","display_name":"Multimedia","score":0.4405137002468109},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-retrieval","display_name":"Information retrieval","score":0.4333137273788452},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.4308925271034241},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/user-interface","display_name":"User interface","score":0.4148826599121094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/visually-impaired","display_name":"Visually impaired","score":0.38514068722724915},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-graphics","display_name":"Computer graphics (images)","score":0.2492443323135376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.1836070716381073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.08983775973320007}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C202629362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2078","display_name":"Scalable Vector Graphics","level":2,"score":0.8780437111854553},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7962976694107056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3115412","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1194708","display_name":"Bitmap","level":2,"score":0.6450170874595642},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59662460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170130","display_name":"Vector graphics","level":3,"score":0.639715850353241},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93518851","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180160","display_name":"Metadata","level":2,"score":0.6243321895599365},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C170130773","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216378","display_name":"Usability","level":2,"score":0.6014536619186401},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21442007","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1027879","display_name":"Graphics","level":2,"score":0.5582308173179626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C181844469","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182270","display_name":"Raster graphics","level":2,"score":0.5294988751411438},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.5292921662330627},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36464697","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451553","display_name":"Visualization","level":2,"score":0.5127657055854797},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C113843644","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901882","display_name":"Interface (matter)","level":4,"score":0.46518057584762573},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778535757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1328864","display_name":"Screen reader","level":3,"score":0.44187504053115845},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49774154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131765","display_name":"Multimedia","level":1,"score":0.4405137002468109},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23123220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816826","display_name":"Information retrieval","level":1,"score":0.4333137273788452},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.4308925271034241},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C89505385","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47146","display_name":"User interface","level":2,"score":0.4148826599121094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3020106864","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q737460","display_name":"Visually impaired","level":2,"score":0.38514068722724915},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121684516","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7600677","display_name":"Computer graphics (images)","level":1,"score":0.2492443323135376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.1836070716381073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.08983775973320007},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C129307140","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6795880","display_name":"Maximum bubble pressure method","level":3,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C173608175","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232661","display_name":"Parallel computing","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C157915830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2928001","display_name":"Bubble","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3640543.3645175","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3640543.3645175","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3640543.3645175","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:arXiv.org:2403.06693","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.06693","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.06693","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3640543.3645175","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3640543.3645175","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3640543.3645175","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Quality Education","score":0.4099999964237213,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5456180249","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"861166","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320300","funder_display_name":"European Commission"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7160547296","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"861166","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320323817","funder_display_name":"Universitas Brawijaya"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7842005466","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"Horizon 2020","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320300","funder_display_name":"European Commission"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320300","display_name":"European Commission","ror":"https://ror.org/00k4n6c32"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321114","display_name":"Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Bildung und Forschung","ror":"https://ror.org/04pz7b180"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320323817","display_name":"Universitas Brawijaya","ror":"https://ror.org/01wk3d929"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4392736249.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4392736249.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":41,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W87361074","https://openalex.org/W162512224","https://openalex.org/W591743112","https://openalex.org/W1486505043","https://openalex.org/W2023436320","https://openalex.org/W2051362444","https://openalex.org/W2060662535","https://openalex.org/W2091169704","https://openalex.org/W2091343463","https://openalex.org/W2106652774","https://openalex.org/W2124299914","https://openalex.org/W2138199375","https://openalex.org/W2170396554","https://openalex.org/W2403940793","https://openalex.org/W2565019508","https://openalex.org/W2595457065","https://openalex.org/W2810973433","https://openalex.org/W2913210298","https://openalex.org/W2941733318","https://openalex.org/W2945556867","https://openalex.org/W3127307774","https://openalex.org/W3160113833","https://openalex.org/W3202687543","https://openalex.org/W3209356101","https://openalex.org/W4212835943","https://openalex.org/W4224992944","https://openalex.org/W4225166214","https://openalex.org/W4226149412","https://openalex.org/W4229847583","https://openalex.org/W4286908050","https://openalex.org/W4312815172","https://openalex.org/W4319300862","https://openalex.org/W4321175654","https://openalex.org/W4366156346","https://openalex.org/W4366549398","https://openalex.org/W4366549553","https://openalex.org/W4385194816","https://openalex.org/W4385570745","https://openalex.org/W4385732587","https://openalex.org/W4385990998","https://openalex.org/W7071619704"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2392208963","https://openalex.org/W2361586981","https://openalex.org/W2368984385","https://openalex.org/W2046820499","https://openalex.org/W4309802325","https://openalex.org/W2901158683","https://openalex.org/W4399578528","https://openalex.org/W2354624479","https://openalex.org/W85249387","https://openalex.org/W1486505043"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0,162],"a":[1,21,131,155,169],"world":[2],"driven":[3],"by":[4,109],"data":[5],"visualization,":[6],"ensuring":[7],"the":[8,68],"inclusive":[9],"accessibility":[10,126],"of":[11,67,98,149,160],"charts":[12,48,59,100,144],"for":[13,37,42,177],"Blind":[14],"and":[15,33,118,130,185,191,200],"Visually":[16],"Impaired":[17],"(BVI)":[18],"individuals":[19],"remains":[20],"significant":[22],"challenge.":[23],"Charts":[24],"are":[25],"usually":[26],"presented":[27],"as":[28,76,181],"raster":[29],"graphics":[30],"without":[31],"textual":[32],"visual":[34],"metadata":[35,61],"needed":[36],"an":[38,89,147],"equivalent":[39],"exploration":[40],"experience":[41],"BVI":[43],"people.":[44],"Additionally,":[45],"converting":[46],"these":[47,84],"into":[49,72,101],"accessible":[50,73,103,145,174],"formats":[51],"requires":[52],"considerable":[53],"effort":[54],"from":[55],"sighted":[56,140],"individuals.":[57],"Digitizing":[58],"with":[60,124],"extraction":[62],"is":[63],"just":[64],"one":[65],"aspect":[66],"issue;":[69],"transforming":[70],"it":[71],"modalities,":[74],"such":[75,180],"tactile":[77,189],"graphics,":[78],"presents":[79],"another":[80],"difficulty.":[81],"To":[82],"address":[83],"disparities,":[85],"we":[86,135],"propose":[87],"Chart4Blind,":[88,153],"intelligent":[90],"user":[91,133],"interface":[92],"that":[93,137],"converts":[94],"bitmap":[95],"image":[96],"representations":[97],"line":[99],"universally":[102],"formats.":[104],"Chart4Blind":[105,167],"achieves":[106],"this":[107],"transformation":[108],"generating":[110,172],"Scalable":[111],"Vector":[112],"Graphics":[113],"(SVG),":[114],"Comma-Separated":[115],"Values":[116],"(CSV),":[117],"alternative":[119],"text":[120],"exports,":[121],"all":[122],"comply":[123],"established":[125],"standards.":[127],"Through":[128],"interviews":[129],"formal":[132],"study,":[134],"demonstrate":[136],"even":[138],"inexperienced":[139],"users":[141],"can":[142],"make":[143],"in":[146],"average":[148],"4":[150],"minutes":[151],"using":[152],"achieving":[154],"System":[156],"Usability":[157],"Scale":[158],"rating":[159],"90%.":[161],"comparison":[163],"to":[164],"existing":[165],"approaches,":[166],"provides":[168],"comprehensive":[170],"solution,":[171],"end-to-end":[173],"SVGs":[175],"suitable":[176],"assistive":[178],"technologies":[179],"embossed":[182],"prints":[183],"(papers":[184],"laser":[186],"cut),":[187],"2D":[188],"displays,":[190],"screen":[192],"readers.":[193],"For":[194],"additional":[195],"information,":[196],"including":[197],"open-source":[198],"codes":[199],"demos,":[201],"please":[202],"visit":[203],"our":[204],"project":[205],"page":[206],"https://moured.github.io/chart4blind/.":[207]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-05-02T08:42:23.175194","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}