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Giovanni FuscoAccessible COVID-19 pandemic data are available at covid.ski.org
Accessible COVID-19 pandemic data are available at covid.ski.org
So much of the conversation around the COVID-19 pandemic has been about trends: curves and how to flatten them, models, exponential growth, etc.
Most of the graphs and plots commonly found online are not designed having blind users in mind, they are practically invisible to screen reader software.
I’ve created this accessibility-first website to make the pandemic data sourced by Johns Hopkins University accessible to people with visual impairments. The information is presented to screen reader users through a textual overview of the data and by using sonification. In it’s simplest form, sonification consists in mapping a range of values into a range of audible frequencies. If you’re curious and want to know what all of this is about, just check it out here: https://covid.ski.org
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The Center’s research goal is to develop and apply new scientific knowledge and practical, cost-effective devices to better understand and address the real-world problems of blind, visually impaired, and deaf-blind consumers. The RERC has many ongoing R&D projects and collaborative
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Bringing COVID-19 Data and Figures to the Visually Impaired.
So much of the conversation about the COVID-19 pandemic has been about trends: curves and how to flatten them, models, exponential growth, and so on. These are usually conveyed visually, which means people who cannot see the graphs are excluded
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If you are interested in vision science or want to learn more about low vision and blindness, there are many opportunities to get involved at The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute.
Rehabilitation Engineering Research CenterThe Center's research goal is to develop and apply new scientific knowledge and practical, cost-effective devices to better understand and address the real-world problems of blind, visually impaired, and deaf-blind...
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