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MAST Staff - 2023 May 04The Day of Accessibility was an event to learn about accessibility efforts at STScI focusing on alt text, Jupyter Notebooks, and data sonification. You can watch the full YouTube playlist of the recorded sessions, or find a link to a particular session in the table below.
Schedule
| Session | Description | Recording Link |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome | A short introduction to the event, including overview and schedule. | Welcome Recording |
| Notebooks for All | Presentation from Notebooks for All, an STScI initiative to make Jupyter Notebook outputs more accessible. | Notebooks for All Recording |
| Illuminating the Universe with Accessible Text Descriptions | Presentation about the process of developing accessible descriptions for the initial observations from the James Webb Space Telescope - Margaret Carruthers | Text Descriptions Recording |
| Keynote by Joshua Miele | Keynote presentation by Joshua Miele, MacArthur Fellow and leader in adaptive technology design. | Keynote Recording |
| Hearing the Light with Astronomy Data Sonification | Presentation about Astronify, a Python package for turning telescope observations into sound. Test your listening skills with an interactive sonification game show - Scott Fleming | Astronomy Data Sonification Recording |
| Learn to Use a Screen Reader | Interactive session on learning to use a screen reader - Patrick Smyth, Iota School. | Screen Reader Session Recording |
