[Blindmath] Graph Sonification was: Researhc Project -Correction to project download page

[Roopakshi Pathania]

Hi Matthew,

Sonification is the use of non-speech sounds to provide information about the underlying data.
When you get an error dialog on your computer, a particular sound accompanies it. That is one form of sonification.
In dealing with a large amount of data, it is necessary to understand the predominant emerging pattern. Sighted scientists and folks in general do this by drawing graphs based on the data and examine the shapes by the use of there sight.
Sonification has the promises to do the same for the blind (although sonification is used by everyone, not just the blind).
In this particular case, you just map the useful characteristics of the data to particular sound attributes and attempt to make sense of the resulting music.
For example the increase in the data values is mapped to the increase in the pitch. So when you encounter higher values, the pitch of the sound is also higher and vice versa.

You can find a tonne of information by googling sonification.

Hope that answer's your question.

Regards
Roopakshi
--- On Mon, 8/16/10, Matthew2010 <Matthew_2010 at charter.net> wrote:

> From: Matthew2010 <Matthew_2010 at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Graph Sonification was: Researhc Project -Correction to project download page
> To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Monday, August 16, 2010, 11:57 PM
> WTH is sonification? 
> 
> Matthew 
> 
> From: Roopakshi Pathania 
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 10:21 AM
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics 
> Cc: Tony Stockman 
> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Graph Sonification was: Researhc
> Project -Correction to project download page
> 
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Just to give you all some more information about this
> project:
> Around 3 months ago, I contacted Dr. Stockman, a professor
> at the Queen Mary University of London to develop an
> application for the purpose of sonification of graphs that
> would have specific functionality that I and other blind
> users wanted. Dr Stockman, who has done some research in
> Sonification agreed and assigned Paul, one of his student
> the project of developing such an application.
> In less than 3 months, Paul with my suggestions has come up
> with an application called Co-Graph that attempts to explore
> just the beginning of the vast potential that lies within
> the field of sonification for data analysis for blind and
> visually impaired users.
> Here are some of the features of Co-Graph.
> 1. Creation of a graph from a text file which should meet
> the format specified.
> 2. Editing of graph data through the data table in the
> application. 
> 3. Sonification of the entire graph.
> 4. Sonification of points in the graph.
> 5. Speech production of different points in the graph.
> 6. Navigation from point to point via the use of the arrow
> keys.
> 
> I would sincerely appreciate if you would help Paul and me
> by evaluating the application and sending your feedback.
> Feel free to ask Paul or me any questions that you may
> have.
> 
> Thanks
> Roopakshi
> 
> --- On Mon, 8/16/10, Paul Tinagbedia <ec09360 at dcs.qmul.ac.uk>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Paul Tinagbedia <ec09360 at dcs.qmul.ac.uk>
> > Subject: [Blindmath] Researhc Project - Correction to
> project download page
> > To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
> > Date: Monday, August 16, 2010, 9:53 PM
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > The download page is:
> > http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0ByI5O5BedYYUZDdmNjUzYjktNWIxNy00ODAxLWI1YWQtYjJiODVhMmYzNjIw&hl=en&authkey=CI3J6K0B
> > 
> > Please disregard the first link.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Paul
> > 
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