This paper is concerned with the task of automatically generating captions for images, which
is important for many image-related applications. Examples include video and image …

Access to graphics and other two dimensional information is still severely limited for people
who are blind. We present a new multimodal computer tool, GraVVITAS, for presenting …

In this paper we tackle the problem of automatic caption generation for news images. Our
approach leverages the vast resource of pictures available on the web and the fact that …

This article compares two methods of employing novice Web workers to author descriptions
of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics images to make them accessible to …

This paper presents the SIGHT (Summarizing Information GrapHics Textually) system that
enables visually impaired users to gain access to information graphics that appear on a web …

This paper presents a corpus study that explores the extent to which captions contribute to
recognizing the intended message of an information graphic. It then presents an …

An important step in chart image understanding is to identify the type of the input image so
that corresponding interpretation can be performed. In this paper, we model the chart image …

Abstract Information graphics (bar charts, line graphs, grouped bar charts, etc) often appear
in popular media such as newspapers and magazines. In most cases, the information …

Although intelligent interactive systems have been the focus of many research efforts, very
few have addressed systems for individuals with disabilities. This article presents our …

Information graphics (such as bar charts and line graphs) play a vital role in many
multimodal documents. Unfortunately, visually impaired individuals who use screen reader …