Abstract: A method for automatically generating an accessibility description of a data visualization object includes analyzing, by an automatic description generator executing on a computing device, an image object including at least one data visualization object. The method includes identifying at least one attribute of the image object, based on the analysis. The method includes receiving an identification of at least one data source for the at least one data visualization object. The method includes determining at least one mathematical value describing at least one characteristic of the data visualization object, based on the identified at least one attribute of the image object and the identified at least one data source. The method includes automatically generating a text-based description of the at least one characteristic, the text-based description including the at least one mathematical value.

Abstract: A method for generating a document tag structure providing a human-comprehensible description of document contents, the description processable by assistive technology, includes identifying, by a document tagger executing on a computing device, a first object in a document. The method includes generating, by the document tagger, a tag structure in the document, the tag structure including a first tag associated with the first object. The method includes identifying, by the document tagger, a second object in the document. The method includes inserting, by the document tagger, a second tag associated with the second object into the tag structure in an order corresponding to an order of visual appearance of the first object and the second object in the document, wherein inserting the second tag results in generation of a modified tag structure providing a description, processable by assistive technology, of at least one item of content in the document.

Abstract: The invention relates to a virtual musical interface for composing, editing, and/or performing audio works. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to a virtual musical interface rendered as a virtual object in a haptic environment, where one or more parameters of the virtual object are associated with one or more audio attributes. Thus, methods and systems of the invention provide audio, visual, and/or haptic feedback in response to a user interaction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a framework system and methods for connecting a plurality of tools. The system comprises a plug-in mechanism configured to dynamically load the plurality of tools, a data pool having storage space configured to store data sets associated with the plurality of tools, a linking mechanism configured to establish communications links between the loaded plurality of tools to enable coordinated operation of the loaded plurality of tools, a session component configured to record the process history of the operations of the loaded plurality of tool and the system states corresponding to the process history of the operations and an annotation module configured to associate user-provided data corresponding to one or more of the stored data sets.

Abstract: An interactive visual interface for organizing, locating, searching, and monitoring collections of digital information, designed to harness human spatial memory for organizing and retrieving digital information. In one example, an information map organizes digital information within a two-dimensional space with rapid visual feedback and information access. The organization may be algorithmically computed and user-modified. An interface that supports persistent state information whereby search nodes and document references are spatially fixed so that users may harness their spatial memory to organize and find information quickly.

Abstract: The invention relates to a framework system and methods for connecting a plurality of tools. The system comprises a plug-in mechanism configured to dynamically load the plurality of tools, a data pool having storage space configured to store data sets associated with the plurality of tools, a linking mechanism configured to establish communications links between the loaded plurality of tools to enable coordinated operation of the loaded plurality of tools, a session component configured to record the process history of the operations of the loaded plurality of tool and the system states corresponding to the process history of the operations and an annotation module configured to associate user-provided data corresponding to one or more of the stored data sets.

Abstract: The invention relates to a framework system and methods for connecting a plurality of tools. The system comprises a plug-in mechanism configured to dynamically load the plurality of tools, a data pool having storage space configured to store data sets associated with the plurality of tools, a linking mechanism configured to establish communications links between the loaded plurality of tools to enable coordinated operation of the loaded plurality of tools, a session component configured to record the process history of the operations of the loaded plurality of tool and the system states corresponding to the process history of the operations and an annotation module configured to associate user-provided data corresponding to one or more of the stored data sets.