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This Award Winning App Makes Math Graphs Audible to Blind Students
After building a prototype during a week-long jumpstart, in 2021 Q42 developed an app together with Royal Visio that allows blind students to understand graphs through sound. SenseMath makes math more accessible, useful and fun for everyone! The idea Visually impaired students generally interpret mathematical graphs using physical aids such as paper on which the graphs are embossed. That way students can feel them. But that takes a lot of time and students can easily make a mistake when reading. Mathematics is not getting any easier for them. Visio, a center of expertise for blind and partially sighted people, came up with the idea to convert graphs into sound using an app. The aim was to help blind and partially sighted students understand and interpret graphs more quickly and easily. And above all, let them do maths more independently. Validation To validate the different starting points of the initial idea, Q42 decided to do a jumpstart of a week. First of all, they found out whether the assumption is correct that sound makes it easier to understand graphs. They then started researching what kinds of sounds they would need to provide insight into tough mathematical assignments. Finally, Q42 answered the question of how they could offer this in such a way that students and teachers can use it immediately. Prototype In close collaboration with Visio, teachers and students, Q42 made a prototype app within that week. In this they created a lot of settings and examples to present to the target group and see what works well. Two blind Visio employees were present during the entire jumpstart to advise us, think along and immediately test everything they made. Halfway through the week Q42 visited a Visio school in Amsterdam, where they could do a first test with students and teachers. With these findings in hand, we further developed the prototype app. Credits: Agency: Q42 https://www.q42.nl/en