Data Accessibility with Low Vision Scientist

How do we make data more accessible for people who are blind or have low vision? Amy Bower, a Senior Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute who is blind, discusses different ways to represent data. She explains how when data is represented in sound, the ear can pick up patterns that the eye might not be able to see. This is why frequency mapping, when low tones match with low numbers and high tones represent high numbers, is an effective way to map data without a graph. This method is just one step that can be made in making science accessible to everyone!
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[@susanne5803]

There's also a blind astronomer who uses this technique of sonification of visual data with great success. Her name is Wanda Díaz-Merced.

[@museumofscience]

That's amazing! Thank you for sharing another scientist using this technique!

[@Pi-eipp]

That is so cool

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Wow amazing! I think she must have tried really hard to get this technique!

[@museumofscience]

For sure! Experimentation and iteration are a huge part of science!

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You my friend are an amazingly phenomenal woman

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Dr. Amy Bower is fantastic!

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@@museumofscience yes,
Dr. Amy Bower is fantastic. My apologies.🥹

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Amazing

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❤