Exploring Auditory Graphing Software in the Classroom

Tomlinson, Brianna J.; Batterman, Jared M.; Chew, Yee Chieh; Henry, Ashley; Walker, Bruce N.

doi:10.1145/2994606

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“…Similarly, within education, numerous accessible data representations tailored to the BLV community, such as accessible diagrams [97], [119], [120], generating textual descriptions [121], or auditory graphs for STEM courses [122], have been developed to facilitate learning [69], [104]. In one instance from our 34paper corpus, we found where data representations were explored to support math skills in students with learning disabilities [65].…”

Section: Bridging the Gap: Insights From Blv-focused Accessible Data ...mentioning

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Beyond Vision Impairments: Redefining the Scope of Accessible Data Representations

Wimer,

South,

et al. 2024

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The increasing ubiquity of data in everyday life has elevated the importance of data literacy and accessible data representations, particularly for individuals with disabilities. While prior research predominantly focuses on the needs of the visually impaired, our survey aims to broaden this scope by investigating accessible data representations across a more inclusive spectrum of disabilities. After conducting a systematic review of 152 accessible data representation papers from ACM and IEEE databases, we found that roughly 78% of existing articles center on vision impairments. In this paper, we conduct a comprehensive review of the remaining 22% of papers focused on underrepresented disability communities. We developed categorical dimensions based on accessibility, visualization, and human-computer interaction to classify the papers. These dimensions include the community of focus, issues addressed, contribution type, study methods, participants, data type, visualization type, and data domain. Our work redefines accessible data representations by illustrating their application for disabilities beyond those related to vision. Building on our literature review, we identify and discuss opportunities for future research in accessible data representations. All supplemental materials are available at https://osf.io/yv4xm/?view_only=b36a3fbf7a14b3888029966faa3def9.

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Beyond Vision Impairments: Redefining the Scope of Accessible Data Representations

Wimer,

South,

et al. 2024

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“…Currently however, if children with BLV get introduced to the concept of sonification at school, this is generally not until at academic level in secondary or tertiary education and limited to bespoke auditory graphing software for access to maps or mathematics. According to anecdotal evidence around the use of sonification tools such as the Desmos scientific calculator ("Desmos"), SAS Accelerator software ("SAS Graphics Accelerator"), and SenseMath app ("SenseMath") and research around 'GNIE' (Tomlinson et al, 2016) sonification can be successfully applied as an alternative mode of access to visual content for children with BLV. Furthermore, researchers propose that attentive listening skills and sonification should be taught to all children in the mainstream education curriculum (Cooke, 2022;Diaz Merced, 2022;Scaletti, 2017).…”

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Hearing a circle: An exploratory study of accessible sonification for young children with blindness and low vision

Damsma

2024

British Journal of Visual Impairment

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This article describes a study of educational outcomes for 0- to 8-year-old children with blindness and low vision (BLV) who are learning sonification concepts. Children with BLV experience barriers to accessing education and careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), fields which traditionally rely heavily on visual representation of information. There is growing awareness of the potential of sonification, a technology to represent data and information in non-speech audio, to improve education access. While early learning of assistive technology skills is deemed essential for equity of access to education across the curriculum, children are generally not introduced to the concept of sonification at school until at academic level in secondary or tertiary education. Little is known about how young children with BLV engage with this promising technology. First, ‘CosmoBally on Sonoplanet’ is introduced, an accessible, educational game application for iPads and Android tablets. Then findings are shared from an anonymous online survey that collected formal responses from users of this app, using a combination of Likert-type scale and open-ended questions. The majority of the 17 respondents were (specialist) educators, and five of the respondents identified as having BLV. The survey investigated respondents’ perceptions of the capabilities of young children with BLV in using basic sonification in ‘CosmoBally on Sonoplanet’ to identify shapes – including a circle – to orientate in a digital grid and to create drawings on a touch screen. Results suggest that young children with BLV can learn sonification skills and additionally may build relevant non-sonification skills during this learning process. This article aims to provide a first insight into best practice around early learning of sonification as a potential tool for increased access and inclusion of children with BLV to STEM subjects in school.

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Listening to life: Sonification for enhancing discovery in biological research

Braun,

Tfirn,

Ford

2024

Biotech & Bioengineering

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Sonification, or the practice of generating sound from data, is a promising alternative or complement to data visualization for exploring research questions in the life sciences. Expressing or communicating data in the form of sound rather than graphs, tables, or renderings can provide a secondary information source for multitasking or remote monitoring purposes or make data accessible when visualizations cannot be used. While popular in astronomy, neuroscience, and geophysics as a technique for data exploration and communication, its potential in the biological and biotechnological sciences has not been fully explored. In this review, we introduce sonification as a concept, some examples of how sonification has been used to address areas of interest in biology, and the history of the technique. We then highlight a selection of biology‐related publications that involve sonifications of DNA datasets and protein datasets, sonifications for data collection and interpretation, and sonifications aimed to improve science communication and accessibility. Through this review, we aim to show how sonification has been used both as a discovery tool and a communication tool and to inspire more life‐science researchers to incorporate sonification into their own studies.

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Exploring Auditory Graphing Software in the Classroom

Cited by 15 publications

References 15 publications

Beyond Vision Impairments: Redefining the Scope of Accessible Data Representations

Beyond Vision Impairments: Redefining the Scope of Accessible Data Representations

Hearing a circle: An exploratory study of accessible sonification for young children with blindness and low vision

Listening to life: Sonification for enhancing discovery in biological research

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