Did you know that... A 2023 study found that 99.81% of figures generated in a sample of 100,000 Jupyter notebooks did not contain alt text. But take heart! You can use the MatplotAlt Python library to add alt text to your matplotlib figures, making them more accessible to blind and visually impaired (BVI) users. Alt text can be added manually: add_alt_text(‘Your custom description’, methods=[‘html’, ‘markdown’]) Or automatically: show_with_alt(desc_level=3, methods=[‘html’, ’img_file’]) Both functions take a “methods” parameter to control output formats. The automatic version uses a “desc_level” parameter based on a four-level semantic model to control the depth of detail. Learn more about MatplotAlt here: https://lnkd.in/efApReeQ Access the GitHub page here: https://lnkd.in/e2pD2E7m Install via PyPI: pip install matplotalt ...Now you know! And knowledge is power. What else do you use to make your data and visualizations more accessible? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments! -Your friendly neighborhood Data Scientist
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This is interesting, thanks for sharing, will pass on to our data analyst. We have Jupiter Lab included in Aims Data Management module.