Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion A proposal for the inclusion of accessibility criteria in the publishing workflow of images in biomedical academic articles  Bruno Splendiani & Mireia Ribera Universitat de Barcelona Adaptabit group

Visual content is important Figure count Page count Figures per page 38 97 0.4 Average count from a previous analysis of biomedical articles (1) June 10-12, 2015 DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany

Process oriented accessibility June 10-12, 2015 DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany

Born digital must be born accessible June 10-12, 2015 DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany

Behaviour change wheel (BCW) June 10-12, 2015 DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany

BCW applied to submission workflow Component Intervention function Action Actors Capability Education Inform authors about readers with disabilities. Offer simulations of perceived images Publisher Training Provide guidelines, examples and evaluation tools Opportunity Enablement Improve image editing tools Software developers Restriction Introduce validations Environmental restructuring Introduce accessibility criteria Motivation Persuasion Inform about disabilities prevalence Inform about legal requirements Incentivisation Inform about findability benefits Rewards to accessible images June 10-12, 2015 DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany

Image text alternatives decision tree June 10-12, 2015 DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany

Checklist: all types of figures Is the image clearly identified? Identify it. Does the figure use labels? Explain labels, including symbols, letters, arrows and numbers. Does the figure use abbreviations? Explain abbreviations and acronyms. Does the figure convey information by colors? Explain the meaning conveyed by colors. Has any modification/ adjustment/ enhancement been applied to the figure? Explain it Does the figure refer to an external source? Specify it June 10-12, 2015 DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany

Checklist: statistical graphics Does the image include variables? Describe the variables. Does the figure show Cartesian coordinates? Describe the units of measurement Does the image provide a statistical analysis? include statistical significance type of analysis information about the sample standard deviation, etc. June 10-12, 2015 DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany

Checklist: Medicine and Biology Does the figure highlight areas of interest? Explain them Has a magnification been applied to the figure? Specify the scale Has the figure been acquired by a specific modality? Specify it Is the clinical background included? Describe it June 10-12, 2015 DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany

DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany Checklist: Medicine Has a specific cut type been applied to the figure? Specify it. Has any reconstruction been applied to the figure? Specify it. June 10-12, 2015 DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany

DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany Informal validation June 10-12, 2015 DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany

DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany References Splendiani B, Ribera M.   Accessibility of Graphics in STEM Research Articles: Analysis and Proposals for Improvement. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST).  June 10-12, 2015 DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany

DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany Image credits Baby with computer http://pixabay.com/es/beb%C3%A9-ni%C3%B1o-la-infancia-equipo-84627/ June 10-12, 2015 DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany

Thank you Questions? Try the checklist with your own images June 10-12, 2015 DSAI 2015 - Sankt Augustin, Germany