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Deep View is an accessible Windows application for blind users to view, edit, and create node-link diagrams. Deep View automatically visualizes the diagrams so that a blind user can share a diagram with sighted persons.

Deep View provides the user an interactive textual version of a diagram. A user uses keyboard commands (arrow keys and short cuts) to read and edit the diagram. Deep View is accessed with a screen reader, no additional software or hardware required. The textual language is customized for a diagram; for example, in a state machine a diagram link is called a transition from one state (node) to another state.

Deep View is flexible to support a wide variety of node-link diagrams. Some of the diagrams are these:

See examples and diagram features

Instructions for using Deep View

3 Requirements to use Deep View

Download and install Deep View

Other options in the Deep View Program files menu list

1. Deep View diagram files (with extension DVD) can be associated with the Deep View application and opened automatically when selecting the file. For the menu list, select the "associate .dvd files with Deep View" from the menu list.
2. Use the menu list to uninstall Deep View.
   

We are conducting 3 user studies to evaluate Deep View. We invite you to participate. More information:

Deep View is an assistive technology research project. The research investigates collaboration between people with and without disabilities. To facilitate the research Deep View is integrated as a plug-in into Rational Rose and Visio. A sighted person can use the visual diagram interface while the blind person uses Deep View. The plugins are prototypes with limited functionality.
More plug-ins:

• Visio plugin: ERD diagrams
• Visio flowchart example
  
• Rational Rose plugin

Diagrams can be customized, more details

Deep View is part of Dorian Miller's PhD dissertation research in Computer Science at UNC Chapel Hill. Dorian is developing computer interfaces to support collaboration between people with and without disabilities. Dorian's appreciation goes to the members of the blind community that have provided feedback on Deep View. More credits.