Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Luis Carlos Tovar Garcia

Thuy Thanh Duong

Eric David Gradel

James Edward Jackson

A method and system for providing accessibility to a visualization graph may include receiving a request to begin navigating the visualization graph, the visualization graph displaying a plurality of items of information, each item of information being displayed as a node and the visualization graph representing a connection between two nodes with a connecting line, identifying a central node in the visualization graph, determining a navigation order for the visualization graph based on at least one of a strength of the connection and a type of the connection between an item of information associated with the central node and items of information associated with non-central nodes, starting to navigate the visualization graph at the central node, continuing to navigate the visualization graph to non-central nodes in accordance with the determined navigation order, and providing an audio output during the navigation to provide accessibility to the visualization graph for visually impaired individuals.

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Luis Carlos Tovar Garcia