arxivcs.HC2026-07-01
Touching and Feeling the Data: A Reusable Software Pipeline for Tactile Statistical Graphs in Accessible Education
Lawrence Obiuwevwi, Krzysztof J. Rechowicz, Jessica M. Johnson, Erika Frydenlund, Vikas Ashok, Sachin Shetty, et al.
Statistical visualization is usually treated as a visual medium, but data can also be touched. Three dimensional printed tactile graphs let blind and low vision students feel distributions, trace trends, and explore relationships through direct haptic interaction. Yet classroom s…