{"666456":{"#nid":"666456","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"These tools help visually impaired scientists read data and journals ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA small but growing group of researchers is working to make science\u0026nbsp;more accessible to scientists\u0026nbsp;with limited vision. Innovative software and modes of presentation are helping to broaden access to scientific literature.\u0026nbsp;Sonification provides a\u0026nbsp;way for scientists with visual limitations to \u0022see\u0022\u0026nbsp;data; by translating numerical values into sounds with certain parameters \u2014 for example, a star\u2019s brightness might be encoded as pitch \u2014 researchers can home in on important changes.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.highcharts.com\u0022\u003EHighcharts\u003C\/a\u003E, a charting library service, developed its free tool for exploring charts with\u0026nbsp;sonification at\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u0027s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sonify.psych.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESonification Lab\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;an interdisciplinary research group based in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.psychology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-03-06 16:34:46","changed_gmt":"2023-03-22 18:31:18","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Nature ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-023-00645-6","dateline":{"date":"2023-03-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-03-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"171210","name":"Sonification Lab"},{"id":"170772","name":"Sonification"},{"id":"176552","name":"data sonification"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}