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From: Angela French
Date: May 24, 2016 9:44AM

Mike is it possible for you to link to a tableau dashboard and its alternative presentation? Would love to see how you handled it.

Angela French
SBCTC

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Moore,Michael (Accessibility) (HHSC)
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 9:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessibility of Tableau data dashboards?

No,

Tableau does not produce accessible output. We have also not been able to identify similar software that produces accessible output. We are requiring an alternative presentation of the information linked from the same location.

If anyone knows of an accessible data visualization tool I would really appreciate it if you would share that information with this list.

Mike Moore
Accessibility Coordinator
Texas Health and Human Services Commission Civil Rights Office
(512) 438-3431 (Office)

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Angela French
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 1:49 PM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Accessibility of Tableau data dashboards?

Hello,
Has anyone on this list ever evaluated the accessibility of the dashboards created using Tableau? Our state agency is beginning to use Tableau internally and want to start linking to, or embedding, these Tableau dashboards through our website. I have concerns about their accessibility.

For example, I did a very rudimentary review of this page<http://public.tableau.com/profile/technical.product.marketing#!/vizhome/Tale-of-100-Entrepreneurs_14/Taleof100Entrepreneurs>. All I want to see was whether those things on the page that look like headings, actually are headings. They are not.
They are just styled to look like headings. I don't know if this is a deficiency in the software or what.

I would be interested in hearing of the experience of users on this list.

Thank you,


Angela French
Internet/Intranet Specialist
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
360-704-4316
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