{"id":2786,"date":"2017-08-16T07:40:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T12:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2017-08-16T07:47:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T12:47:42","slug":"eclipse-soundscapes-project-app-overview-and-demonstration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2786","title":{"rendered":"Feel, Hear and Interact! The Eclipse Soundscapes Project App Overview and Demonstration"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9549\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2786-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Eclipse3.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Eclipse3.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Eclipse3.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Join Pete Lane as he walks you through a wonderful experience with the Eclipse Soundscapes Project App.<\/p>\n<p>The Eclipse Soundscapes Project app is specially designed so that people who are blind and visually impaired can share in the awe and wonder of astronomical events in real time with their sighted peers.<\/p>\n<p>The app is a joint effort between The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), NASA\u2019s Heliophysics Education Consortium (HEC), the National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM), and the National Park Service (NPS). Features include an interactive \u201cRumble map\u201d; audio descriptions of key features of the eclipse; a play-by-play description of the total solar eclipse <!--more--><br \/>\nas it is happening in the user\u2019s area; and a countdown clock to the next upcoming eclipse.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cRumble Map\u201d gives the user the sensation of \u201cfeeling\u201d the Sun during an eclipse. Our technology translates images of key eclipse features into a series of unique frequency modulated tones that map out variations in light and dark as the user explores the image with their fingertips. These tones are specially designed to make the user\u2019s mobile device shake, or rumble, in response to the changes.<\/p>\n<p>After the eclipse, the Eclipse Soundscapes app will provide access to a database of soundscape recordings from U.S. National Parks and other urban and rural locations so that users can experience how eclipses change the behavior of different species, including humans. During the next five years, the app will expand to include other eclipses and astronomical objects of interest giving people who are blind and visually impaired \u2013 and everyone else \u2013 a new way to engage with the universe around them.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/eclipsesoundscapes.org\">Eclipse Soundscapes Project on the web<\/a><br \/>\nYou can download the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/eclipse-soundscapes\/id1262152991?mt=8\">Eclipse Soundscapes Project App on the App Store<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening!<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9551\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2786-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Eclipse3.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Eclipse3.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Eclipse3.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Eclipse3.mp3Join Pete Lane as he walks you through a wonderful experience with the Eclipse Soundscapes Project App. The Eclipse Soundscapes Project app is specially designed so that people who are blind and visually impaired can share in the awe and wonder of astronomical events in real time with their sighted peers. 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