Ather Sharif just won an international award for developing UnlockedMaps, a web-based program that originated in Philadelphia’s civic hacker community that allows users to see, in real time, how accessible rail transit stations are in six metro areas.
Q&A: UnlockedMaps provides real-time accessibility information for urban rail transit in six metro areas washington.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washington.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
VoxLens: Adding one line of code can make some interactive visualizations accessible to screen-reader users washington.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washington.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Interactive visualizations aren't often accessible to people who use screen readers that use a synthesized voice or Braille. VoxLens aims to change that.