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Argues that data visualizations are assistive technology not mere pictures and must offer equivalent non‑visual affordances: concise text summaries and data links, axis labels and derived stats (high, low, range, mean, trend). Demonstrates sonification with the Web Audio API (a 2007–2011 stock-market sonification), tactile output via refreshable pin displays and an open source Spark Braille library (prototype maps lines to braille pins), and vibro feedback via the W3C Vibration API; recommends exposing structured numeric data for low‑effort screen‑reader access.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 3:02Data visualization is assistive technd
3. 42:40Topology Matte
4. 48:10Refreshable pin
5. 55:50Accessibility

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