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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We are interested in developing the sonify package further. What additional flexibility would people like to see?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Robin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> BlindRUG <blindrug-bounces@nfbnet.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Olivia Shaw via BlindRUG<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 04 July 2020 16:31<br>
<b>To:</b> Blind R Users Group <blindrug@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Olivia Shaw <oshaw300@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Re: [BlindRUG] ggplot for sound<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">-Olivia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From: </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear everybody,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">You may have heard of 'ggplot', a plotting engine in R that maps data
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">properties onto visual dimensions such as location, color, or size.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On Twitter today, somebody had a random idea: perhaps it's possible to
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">design something similar, but mapping data properties onto auditive
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">dimensions. The example they gave was:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> ggplot(mtcars) +<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> geom_ping(aes(stereo_position = mpg, pitch = wt), sound = 'waterdrop') +<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> scale_pitch_continuous(min = 'middle-c', max = 'middle-c + 2 octaves')<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This would specify a "auditive plot" based on the mtcars dataset, adding
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">an element called "ping", mapping stereo position to the 'mpg' variable
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">and mapping pitch to the 'weight' variable, using a sound called
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">'waterdrop', and specifying the scale to use for the pitch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This specific example may be very stupid/impractical, but it 'felt' like
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">they might be on to something.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">But I have no experience whatsoever with this. There is of course the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">'sonify' package, but a ggplot-like implementation would provide much
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">more freedom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Would something like that be worthwhile to explore further?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Or is this just not useful at all in practice?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Gjalt-Jorn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">More information and useful links about using R as a blind person can be obtained at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Look for help using R commands by reading the accessible e-book "Let's Use R Now" compiled by Jonathan Godfrey at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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