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To honour and celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth the @CNIB invited me to gather stories from Black history in Canada, and tailor the telling to a #Blind audience. These description-rich stories are now available as a podcast. #BHM #BlindTwitter #AudioDescription podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
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Oh for a library of 3D models of fictional space ships. SciFi geeks who don't experience the world visually miss out, cause there usually isn't time in audio description of movies or TV for the extended descriptions we crave.
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And like a new bright star added to the firmament, another description-rich astronomy gem from Josh Urban, mixaphorically speaking.
Today's Alt-Text description of observing the Moon with a telescope. Mare Crisium, "The Sea of Crises" is today's target. Plus, some Beethoven. joshurban.substack.com/p/sea… #AltText #Blog #BlindAstronomy #Blind #Moon #Lunar #Astronomy #BackyardAstronomy
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One thing I learned doing the @TalkDescription to Me podcast is how much some BVI folk appreciate reminders of colour. If that describes you, check out this vividly writtten post. I mean, check it out anyway cause it's just cool!
Here's some Alt-Text astronomy for my blind friends. Wanna know a secret? It's usually cloudy. It's lousy for space, but beautiful in a subtle way. Here's a report: joshurban.substack.com/p/clo… #Blind #AltText #BlindAstronomy #Astronomy #Weather #Blog #BlindSTEM #Substack
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VocalEye Online Zoom Bulletin #101 🧿))) - This week on #AlmostLive, we go behind the scenes with special guest composer, musician and award-winning playwright Dorothy Dittrich and talk about The Art of Film Scoring mailchi.mp/vocaleye/1309
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Are there any #AudioDescription resources for fans of #MagicTheGathering? Is #MTG accessible or interesting to gamers who are #Blind? My teenager and I are looking for a Take-Your-Kid-To-Work podcast project and we’d like to find a gap to fill. #BlindTwitter
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Writer and astronomer @realjoshurban once again turns his virtual pen to image description; these just keep getting better! Check it out! joshurban.substack.com/p/wha…
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Oh yes, loving the alt text!
These two cosmic objects bring double trouble for #HubbleFriday!
The pair of glowing clumps are Herbig-Haro objects 1,250 light-years away. They were created when jets of gas from newborn stars collided with surrounding gas and dust at breakneck speed: go.nasa.gov/3z1SD2x
ALT Two wispy, gaseous clouds occupy the corners of this image, HH 1 in the upper right, and HH 2 in the lower left. Both are light blue and surrounded by dimmer multi-colored clouds, while the background is dark black due to dense gas. A very bright orange star lies just to the lower left of HH 1, and beyond that star is a narrow jet, emerging from the dark center of the field.
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VocalEye Online Zoom Bulletin #99 🧿))) - Little Shop of Horrors celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and we’re here for it with descriptive highlights, musical clips and fun facts from special guest, @HeyHeyDoubleJ Just in time for Halloween! mailchi.mp/vocaleye/1307
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As a follow-up to that thrilling Twitter Spaces event, here's a link to the podcast episode where the James Webb Telescope is described. talkdescriptiontome.buzzspro…
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Looking at space makes us *feel* things, but what might it be like to touch the cosmos? We’ve turned space imagery into 3D prints so that anyone, including those who are blind or visually impaired, can experience them: chandra.si.edu/tactile/3d_pr…
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Accessing Arts and Science: The Luminato Festival Toronto Access Hub, the Accessible Descriptions and Sonifications on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory web site and Sci-Fi on the Talk Description to Me podcast. @TalkDescription blindabilities.com/?p=7435
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You can hear the 3 bright regions at 1, 5, 9 plus dimmer regions at larger radius (super low, use good speakers). Audio is binaural and will move around your head on headphones.
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We made this to help blind people experience the groundbreaking image. It's a radar-like scan, clockwise from 12. Brightness controls volume. Material closer to the event horizon moves faster -> mapped to higher pitch. #BVI
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For some dynamite sonifications of the data collected from the centre of our galaxy, check out this page. You can listen to the entire sonification, then listen to each layer individually. Heady stuff! chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/sg…
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This evening on #AlmostLive, travel Around the Galaxy in 90 Minutes, with special guest host Christine Malec 💫
Christine is co-host of the @TalkDescription podcast, a musician, an Arts Consultant and member of Toronto’s blind community.
🔗 bit.ly/3DLXCVX
ALT A photo of a spiral galaxy, which has a whitish pink centre and swirls of pink and purple spiralling out and around. White stars are dotted throughout and against the vast black of space. Photo credit: @nasa
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First accessible weather graphic I’ve ever seen on here! Thank you, NWS Indy, for being #a11y to people like me by describing your informational graphics with #AltText! 👍🏼 👩🏼🦯
A special weather statement has been issued for Seymour IN, Brownstown IN, Crothersville IN until 4:00 AM EST
ALT This graphic displays a special weather statement plotted on a map. The statement is in effect until 4:00 AM EST. The statement includes Seymour IN, Brownstown IN, Crothersville IN. The threats associated with this storm are wind gusts up to 40 MPH and no hail is expected. Seek shelter in a sturdy structure until the storm passes.
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Check out @TalkDescription as they talk all things #SeaCreatures this week. My fav subject. Thrilled to see #AccessibleMarineLife covered on the show. I love #jellyfish but learned about coral and how it is underwater. Thanks guys. 🦈🐠🦀🐬🦞🐋🐡🤿 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
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🌟 Saturday means a new @TalkDescription comes out! Also, we on #Outlook talk #astronomy so check out the ball we had with JJ and Christine who introed us to @KimberlyKowal and her work to make @ChandraXRay #data #translatable and #accessible to the blind. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
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In an upcoming episode of our @TalkDescription #podcast we'll be describing hidden urban treasures like quirky front yards, fairy doors, guerrilla art projects, hydro houses. Anything like that in your area that we should cover? #AudioDescription