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@grahamsmith can we swap this for our talk in August? I think it has some real value over ours and we haven't really done anything yet. (looks like we will have to do that anyway... lets push this for September if we can).
Sure :)
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@grahamsmith https://github.com/grahamsmith can we swap this for our talk in August? I think it has some real value over ours and we haven't really done anything yet.
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Just to check I'm reading this right: does this mean I'm on for the August meet (i.e. the 9th)?
It does look that way - but the conversation is really confusing.
Actually, we have 2 proposed for August already, so it seems not.
Righto. If it's of use, regarding timing info: I would be available for the rest of the year (at least), but not in October (I believe the October one would be the 11th; just had a work commitment crop up then).
How available would you be if we need you for August? Do we need to let you know soon? Just trying to clear this up with the rest of the team, as I'm pretty confused myself right now.
Sorry for the laggy reply; I probably could do August (the 9th, right?) though that would be quite tight so if it's at all possible to know this week (I mean before next week) that would help ensure I have enough notice to make arrangements.
Hi, just a quick one to ask if you'd been able to find out if you need me next week -- I can probably still arrange this if you can let me know within the next couple of days, but after that it'd be really quite tight. Hope to see you soon, if not even sooner :-).
I was hoping you're still available - it would be fantastic if you can still make this talk for next week! That is assuming that you think it's suitable for a ~1 hour slot?
The reason I ask is because a practical session of some sort for this talk this would be great - I know a lot of our attendees would like to get stuck into something.
I will double-check with my employer and figure out travel arrangements, though I expect both to pan out OK; I'll do my very best to confirm for sure tomorrow evening.
I already have slides from a previous instance of the talk; in terms of practical stuff, there's the 'hello world' tutorial (available on the website above). I don't think there will be a problem filling a one-hour slot (as it has covered a 50min one before).
Once again: I'll start making plans and will try very hard to be able to confirm tomorrow evening.
Hi, I have confirmed I can get the travelling time off work, so looks like I am on for this, but just have a few things that we need to check/confirm…
I think that's it; will continue making arrangements and post back if necessary. Looking forward to meeting you all :-).
@matatk we will love you have you, sorry there has been so much confusion with this month.
Thanks again!
Great; sounds good and no worries :-).
Looks today like they expect the railway line to remain open at least for the trains I'd need, so I think we can assume that'll be OK. I'll contact you offline regarding the travel when I have a little bit more info on my end; thanks!
Hi @matatk, we've just published your talk details. Can you take a look? If you have any issues, please get in touch! https://nottsjs.org/
@Codesleuth looks good; thanks :-).
Thanks very much to you all for a warm welcome and very interesting ideas for AudioChart; to @ruth-connect for the React/Java presentation and everyone who was able to make it to the pub for a fun discussion afterwards :-).
Charts and plots are engaging and widely used on the web, but present barriers to people with vision impairments, as well as those who cannot use a mouse, or are using small devices.
A lot of research has been done into using sound as as a means of communicating information to people and the benefits this can bring to people in various situations. Now that the Web Audio API is well-supported, some really interesting stuff is being done with it, and I thought it could be an ideal way to make charts and plots more accessible.
I and developing library called AudioChart that provides an aural, keyboard-accessible means to experience charts and plots. I have given similar talks at other events ( http://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/2016/sessions/index.php/public/presentations/view/269 and http://www.meetup.com//London-Accessibility-Meetup/events/229039168/?showDescription=true ) and would cover areas such as the accessibility barriers that charts and plots present, as well as the technical nature of AudioChart - could tweak this to be more techy as it seems to be a development-focused audience.
You can find some basic demos of AudioChart at: http://matatk.agrip.org.uk/audiochart/
It is undergoing active development and I'm hoping to get to a level where user research can be done, to assess how useful it is.
P.S. Some of this stuff is a spiritual successor to work I used to do on accessible gaming ( http://agrip.org.uk ), though that's not Web/JavaScript-related, and I'm not sure how much of it I could demonstrate at the moment, but I may be able to show a bit of it as another application of sound.