Software engineers have figured out how to turn charts into music for the blind(qz.com)
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Software engineers have figured out how to turn charts into music for the blind
https://qz.com/921662/software-engineers-have-figured-out-a-way-to-turn-charts-into-music-for-the-blind/
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I'm holding out for the pie charts that are tasty, relationship charts that make it through the tough times, and line charts that get me high as fuck!
Didn't this lady do this who is an astrophysicist (also blind)
something about gamma ray burst (heard it on NPR podcast)
something about gamma ray burst (heard it on NPR podcast)
This is the problem Richard MacDuff was wrestling with at the beginning of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. I love it when sci-fi from my childhood becomes reality.
At Science Hack Day, me and some friends built a version of Super Mario for the Blind that you can play in a similar way:
Play: http://gleitzman.com:1339/
Source: https://github.com/miserlou/jsnes
After a few tries, you can actually get through the first few levels!
Play: http://gleitzman.com:1339/
Source: https://github.com/miserlou/jsnes
After a few tries, you can actually get through the first few levels!
It's an interesting idea! How does one know what each sound represents?
it doesn't seem to register key presses on chrome 56 (mac os)
This App Turns Your Photos into Music If You Want to Do That For Some Reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpNgsU9o4ik