[BlindMath] Is it possible for screen reader users to do data science?

[Lucas Radaelli]

As far to learning basic stuff, i can be done. In a real life  scenario 
this is much harder with the tools that we have nowadays.


I am a programmer at google and I got a task to deal with some stuff 
that required heavy data science. Although the programming part I could 
deal, the visualization  was much, much harder. things that my 
colleagues would see in a second, I had to poke the data around to 
confirm initial hypothesis.

I got the impressions that by seeing the graphs, they had a huge 
advantage, they had an overall idea of how the data looked like, they 
easily spotted outliers, and keep in mind that we are talking about the 
basic stuff.

I ended up having some ideas, investigated the data and eventually 
finished that thing, but I am pretty sure that a sighted friend would 
have done it way faster.






On 25/06/2017 14:15, Martin, Vincent F via BlindMath wrote:
> It can be done using a number of methodologies.  I have done it with and without sighted assistance.  Using a combination of tactile graphs and sighted assistance is how I did forecasting work.  I also am using sonification of data to interpret graphical output as well.  Work is being done for sonifying graphs using "R", SAS has intergrated what we called the "sonification sandbox" in Dr. Bruce Walker's sonification lab at Georgia Tech and it is readily available right now.  It was unveiled at CSUN this Spring and I use it with SAS right now.  I am also using sonified graphs with the graphical output of SPSS in my current research as well.  I am up to dissertation proposal on what type of experiment I want to do, but I am sure it is similar to what most data analysts also use to make inferences with their visual graphs as well.
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> From: BlindMath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dickson Tan via BlindMath
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> Cc: Dickson Tan <dickson.tan.2013 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [BlindMath] Is it possible for screen reader users to do data science?
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> Hi,
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> Given that visualization is used often in data science to see patterns, is it possible for a screen reader user to do data science? I've heard of some tools for doing basic bar/line graphing, but as far as I know, they are immature, and can't handle other types of graphs.
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> If not, how far would I get without being able to access visualizations?
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> Best regards,
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> Dickson
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