3 papers
cs.CV2024
ACCSAMS: Automatic Conversion of Exam Documents to Accessible Learning Material for Blind and Visually Impaired
David Wilkening, Omar Moured, Thorsten Schwarz +2
Exam documents are essential educational materials for exam preparation. However, they pose a significant academic barrier for blind and visually impaired students, as they are oft…
cs.CV2024
ChartFormer: A Large Vision Language Model for Converting Chart Images into Tactile Accessible SVGs
Omar Moured, Sara Alzalabny, Anas Osman +3
Visualizations, such as charts, are crucial for interpreting complex data. However, they are often provided as raster images, which are not compatible with assistive technologies f…
cs.CV2024
Alt4Blind: A User Interface to Simplify Charts Alt-Text Creation
Omar Moured, Shahid Ali Farooqui, Karin Muller +4
Alternative Texts (Alt-Text) for chart images are essential for making graphics accessible to people with blindness and visual impairments. Traditionally, Alt-Text is manually writ…