[Blindmath] Future Engineering Student

Tue Jan 5 10:25:47 UTC 2010

Hi,
  Thanks for the information. It is much appreciated.
many thanks,
Christine

Christine M. Szostak
Graduate Student
Language Perception Laboratory
Department of Psychology, Cognitive Area
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
szostak.1 at osu.edu
http://lpl.psy.ohio-state.edu
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roopakshi Pathania" <r_akshi_tgk at yahoo.com>
To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" 
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Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Future Engineering Student

>
> Hi Christine and all,
>
> Yes, the vOICe is a great sonification tool.
> Here is the direct download link in case you can’t find it.
> http://www.seeingwithsound.com/voice.exe
>
> I would encourage you to explore the site as it provides a wealth of 
> information not only about the vOICe, but the concept of utilizing 
> auditory displays in general.
>
> It can be used to plot functions over a defined range of X and Y and the 
> resulting graph can then be sonified. The vOICe works with Mathematical 
> packages like Mathematica, Octave, and I’m also interested in the 
> possibility of using the vOICe in the R environment.
> The site offers many tips on using it with different Mathematical 
> software.
>
> It can also identify colored parts of the figure for you. So if you are 
> looking for say a red colored bar in a bar chart, you can use the color 
> filter option (I haven’t fully explored this).
>
> Dr. Peter Meijer, the developer of the vOICe, is extremely helpful. I have 
> troubled him on several occasions on research topics that are not even 
> related to the vOICe, and he has always responded.
>
> Regards
>
> "Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is 
> make by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected."
> ~ George Soros
>
>
> --- On Mon, 1/4/10, Lloyd Rasmussen <lras at loc.gov> wrote:
>
>> From: Lloyd Rasmussen <lras at loc.gov>
>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Future Engineering Student
>> To: "Christine Szostak" <szostak.1 at osu.edu>, "Blind Math list for those 
>> interested in mathematics" <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 9:51 PM
>> Hi. I started my electrical
>> engineering coursework at Iowa State
>> University 44 years ago. The tools have changed a
>> lot!
>>
>> I would encourage you to check out the vOICe, because it
>> may be useful in
>> some situations. It can sonify practically anything
>> you can put onto a
>> Windows PC, as long as the images are stationary or change
>> slowly. This
>> includes a function for sonifying the active window or the
>> area around your
>> mouse pointer. Do some of your ear training with a
>> webcam, since you can
>> quickly present various images to it. Stereo
>> headphones are a must, also,
>> because the left-right panning can help you determine where
>> various sounds
>> occur on the image. The vOICe software is a tiny
>> executable (as Windows
>> programs go) and has controls for adjusting zoom, contrast,
>> scan rate, and
>> even the number of frequencies into which the vertical
>> dimension of the
>> soundscape is mapped. Dr. Meiger, who wrote this
>> software starting nearly
>> 20 years ago, is quite expert in psychoacoustics. He
>> has examples showing
>> how images can be sonified, then converted back to images
>> in a spectrogram
>> fashion, with some loss of fidelity.
>>
>> Having said all this, I don't use this software on a daily
>> basis.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> At 10:42 AM 1/2/2010, you wrote:
>> >Hi,
>> > I was wondering if you could provide more
>> information about #6 the
>> > vOICe. I have never heard of this product and given
>> that I frequently
>> > work with spectrograms, I was curious if it will allow
>> me to view them
>> > independently.
>> >Many thanks,
>> >Christine
>> >
>> >Christine M. Szostak
>> >Graduate Student
>> >Language Perception Laboratory
>> >Department of Psychology, Cognitive Area
>> >The Ohio State University
>> >Columbus, Ohio
>> >szostak.1 at osu.edu
>> >http://lpl.psy.ohio-state.edu
>> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Cooper"
>> <matdawg17 at gmail.com>
>> >To: "Blind Math list for those interested in
>> mathematics"
>> ><blindmath at nfbnet.org>
>> >Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 8:18 AM
>> >Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Future Engineering Student
>> >
>> >
>> >>Thanks! Another software I have heard of is
>> Matlab, which sounds
>> >>similar to Mathematica. Is one more
>> accessible than the other and do
>> >>they do similar things? Thanks!
>> >>
>> >>On 1/2/10, Pranav Lal <pranav.lal at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>Hi Matthew,
>> >>>
>> >>>1. Mathtype
>> >>>This is a program that lets you enter equations
>> into Microsoft Word. It
>> >>>replaces Word's equation editor. I believe it
>> is accessible.
>> >>>
>> >>>2. Math player
>> >>>This is made by the same company as math type.
>> It interfaces with screen
>> >>>readers to provide access to MathML.
>> >>>
>> >>>3. Mathematica
>> >>>This is a program to do math and solve
>> equations.
>> >>>
>> >>>4. An audio graphing calculator
>> >>>|This is a program that allows you to enter
>> functions and then solve. Graphs
>> >>>can be plotted and can be perceived using
>> audio.
>> >>>
>> >>>5. iFeel pixel software and Novint Falcon
>> haptic device).
>> >>>This is a tactile force feedback device. It may
>> allow you to see graphs and
>> >>>pictures but I do not know how well it works.
>> >>>
>> >>>6. To add to your list, the vOICe
>> >>>This is a visual prosthesis and can be used to
>> perceive complex images.
>> >>>
>> >>>Pranav
>>
>> Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer, Engineering
>> Section
>> National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
>> Handicapped
>> Library of Congress (202)
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>> necessarily represent
>> those of NLS.
>>
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