LightSound Project: Accessibility for the Blind/Low-Vision Community - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/flagship-4-addressing-inequality/lightsound-project-accessibility-for-the-blind-low-vision-community/ Astronomy for a better world! Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:27:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg LightSound Project: Accessibility for the Blind/Low-Vision Community - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/flagship-4-addressing-inequality/lightsound-project-accessibility-for-the-blind-low-vision-community/ 32 32 LightSound Devices Open Up Astronomy to BVI Audiences https://astro4dev.org/lightsound-devices-open-up-astronomy-to-bvi-audiences/ Wed, 15 May 2024 08:51:49 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=29008 The LightSound Project had a goal of building and donating LightSound solar eclipse sonification devices to audiences along the October 2023 annular and the 2024 total solar eclipse path (USA, Mexico, Canada). LightSound is a device that uses a light sensor to measure the brightness of light and the device then converts it to sound [...]

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]]> Workshops Build Solar Eclipse Sonification Devices https://astro4dev.org/workshops-build-solar-eclipse-sonification-devices/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:13:13 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=28433 The LightSound Project is building and distributing solar eclipse sonification devices across the United State, Mexico, and Canada in preparation for the upcoming October 14, 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse and the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. The project runs workshops to teach students and adults how to solder while building devices that are then [...]

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]]> Overview: LightSound Project: Accessibility for the Blind/Low-Vision Community https://astro4dev.org/overview-lightsound-project-accessibility-for-the-blind-low-vision-community/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 09:51:50 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=26620 The LightSound Project began in 2017 as a way to make solar eclipses accessible to the blind and low-vision (BLV) community. LightSound is a low-cost, smartphone-size device that uses Arduino technology to convert light intensity to sound, giving BLV people another way to engage with an eclipse. During the 2017 eclipse, we deployed 3 devices [...]

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