[Baypiggies] FW: [program-l] Introduction to Data Science for Screen Reader Users

[joeldodson at gmail.com]

Hi all,

Hope everyone is enjoying the summer so far.

This is my first post to this list.  Apologies if forwarding something like this is violating any policies.  Please feel free to let me know.

The below email is from a list mainly used by blind programmers.  I haven't been through much of the site discussed, but some follow-up posts say it's a well done resource.

As we all know, Python dominates data science.  There is also a lot of visualization in data science.  A blind person can program in Python as well as anyone, but what about graphs?

Graph sonification is a very cool way for blind people to explore large datasets as efficiently as our sighted peers.  And depending on the data, it can sound quite interesting.  

The resource referenced below might be interesting if you're curious how blind people develop software in general, and how what might seem like something only accessible via sight can be made available to a wider audience.

And if you're interested in a very cool, real life use case of sonification, check out this TED talk:
https://www.ted.com/talks/wanda_diaz_merced_how_a_blind_astronomer_found_a_way_to_hear_the_stars


Cheers,
Joel  

-----Original Message-----
From: program-l-bounce at freelists.org <program-l-bounce at freelists.org> On Behalf Of hassaku
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2023 8:30 AM
To: program-l at freelists.org
Subject: [program-l] Introduction to Data Science for Screen Reader Users

Hi all,

I would like to share with you a website I recently published.
https://a11y-ds-intro.hassaku-labs.com/

This website provides a comprehensive introduction to data science, starting from the basics of NVDA and Google Colaboratory.
It offers detailed explanations of Python and introductory concepts in data science.
In particular, I utilize a technique called graph sonification, which supports auditory exploration of data.

As the author, I have also created a library called "audio-plot-lib" for generating graph sonification.
I previously shared another the following website with this mailing list.
https://hassaku.github.io/DS-and-ML-with-screen-reader

Please note that the English version of the website is a translation of the original Japanese version, so there might be some unnatural expressions.
I would greatly appreciate it if you could help spread the word about this website among your friends and colleagues.
I welcome any feedback, suggestions, or comments you may have.
That will encourage me to continue to work on this personal project.

And, in the Afterword section, this mailing list is introduced. If there are any problems, I would appreciate it if someone could point them out to me.

Best regards,
hassaku

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