Technology companies such as Google and Microsoft have developed software algorithms that recognize images and automatically generate descriptions for them. Computer-generated descriptions are improving, but human-generated image descriptions are still the gold standard for creating
In 2021, I visited the Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Memorial located on the National Mall in Washington D.C, and I documented accessibility concerns for people who are blind or have low vision. Recently, I produced
In 2019, I was introduced to a community of astronomers who are representing data with sound. This is called sonification. I wrote about a software program developed by the Space Science Telescope Institute that adds
From time to time, I will post short commentaries on work produced by others. I will list the work and state my reaction to it. 3 Reasons Why Visiting an Art Museum Can Boost Your
I am glad to publicize a cool project that I worked on—the Please Touch Tour at Macculloch Hall Historical Museum in Morristown New Jersey.
My last post focused on alt text, image description for web sites and social media posts. In this post, I will discuss audio description for videos and performances. The Ultimate Guide to Audio Description explains
On February 18, 2022, the New York Times published an article that explained how blind people learned about images on web pages and in social media posts. The solution is to add brief descriptions to
During the last week of January 2022, I read several articles about a system that produced 3D sound tracking the movements of a tennis ball in motion. Action Audio transforms spatial data from the Australian
Braille is a system of raised dots that are grouped into tactile symbols representing letters and numbers. Braille is a proven literacy tool that enriches the lives of blind people. In 2018, the United Nations
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