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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This sounds like an intriguing use case. I can think of a few cases where this might be useful, particularly if analyzing a large amount of data. Perhaps using specific areas of the stereo output for specific clusters of data?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Olivia</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:blindrug@nfbnet.org">Gjalt-Jorn Peters via BlindRUG</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, July 4, 2020 5:34 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:blindrug@nfbnet.org">blindrug@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:gjalt-jorn@behaviorchange.eu">Gjalt-Jorn Peters</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[BlindRUG] ggplot for sound</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear everybody,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You may have heard of 'ggplot', a plotting engine in R that maps data </p><p class=MsoNormal>properties onto visual dimensions such as location, color, or size.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Twitter today, somebody had a random idea: perhaps it's possible to </p><p class=MsoNormal>design something similar, but mapping data properties onto auditive </p><p class=MsoNormal>dimensions. The example they gave was:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ggplot(mtcars) +</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> geom_ping(aes(stereo_position = mpg, pitch = wt), sound = 'waterdrop') +</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> scale_pitch_continuous(min = 'middle-c', max = 'middle-c + 2 octaves')</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This would specify a "auditive plot" based on the mtcars dataset, adding </p><p class=MsoNormal>an element called "ping", mapping stereo position to the 'mpg' variable </p><p class=MsoNormal>and mapping pitch to the 'weight' variable, using a sound called </p><p class=MsoNormal>'waterdrop', and specifying the scale to use for the pitch.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This specific example may be very stupid/impractical, but it 'felt' like </p><p class=MsoNormal>they might be on to something.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But I have no experience whatsoever with this. There is of course the </p><p class=MsoNormal>'sonify' package, but a ggplot-like implementation would provide much </p><p class=MsoNormal>more freedom.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Would something like that be worthwhile to explore further?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Or is this just not useful at all in practice?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gjalt-Jorn</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>BlindRUG mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>BlindRUG@nfbnet.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindrug_nfbnet.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for BlindRUG:</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindrug_nfbnet.org/oshaw300%40gmail.com</p><p class=MsoNormal>The list archive can be viewed at:</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/blindrug_nfbnet.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>More information and useful links about using R as a blind person can be obtained at:</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://R-Resources.massey.ac.nz</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Look for help using R commands by reading the accessible e-book "Let's Use R Now" compiled by Jonathan Godfrey at:</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://R-Resources.massey.ac.nz/lurn/front.html</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>