Sonic Sight

404 Not Found Team Submission

Introduction

Who are we? What is our project?

Welcome to the submission of Team 404 Not Found for the Amplitude Hackathon. We are excited to introduce you to our project, Sonic Sight – a groundbreaking tool designed to enhance the accessibility and interpretability of data in digital environments.

Project Name: Sonic Sight

Slogan: "Data for everyone - see, hear, adapt" 🎧🎵

Elevator Pitch: In an increasingly digital world, data can be overwhelming and hard to interpret. Sonic Sight transforms complex data sets into intuitive auditory experiences, making data accessible and understandable for everyone, including those with visual impairments. By leveraging sound, we bridge the gap between data complexity and user comprehension with alternative text descriptions in five levels of complexity, and customizable color schemes and text sizes.

Team Members

• Maira "The Business Brain": Product Manager and Business Expert. Maira led the strategic planning, market analysis, and business development aspects of the project, ensuring Sonic Sight is aligned with user needs and market demands. 💼📊
• Adina "The Design Guru": Frontend Engineer and UX Designer. Adina crafted the user interface and experience, focusing on making Sonic Sight intuitive and visually appealing. 🎨💻
• Alaina "The Code Whisperer": Full Stack Engineer. Alaina developed both the backend and frontend architecture, ensuring seamless integration and efficient performance. 👩‍💻🔧

Framing the Problem

What is the problem you are trying to solve? Who does it affect?

Have you ever considered how overwhelming it is to process vast amounts of data without visual aid? What if you were visually impaired and couldn't rely on traditional graphical data representations? Data accessibility and interpretability are major challenges in today's digital world. Many people, including those with visual impairments, struggle to understand complex data sets. This issue affects millions, limiting their ability to make informed decisions based on data. According to the World Health Organization, over 2.2 billion people globally have vision impairment or blindness. Traditional data visualization tools exclude this significant demographic, creating a barrier to data accessibility and inclusivity. 🌍👁️

Idea Explanation

What is your idea? How does it fix the problem?

Sonic Sight addresses this problem by transforming data into auditory experiences and providing comprehensive accessibility features. Our tool converts complex data sets into sound patterns, allowing users to "hear" the data. This approach provides an intuitive and inclusive way to access and interpret data, regardless of visual ability. Sonic Sight includes the following key features:

• Interactive Sonification: Converts data in graphs into interactive sound patterns. 🎶📊
• Voice-to-Text Transcription: Generates transcripts and explains graphs at varying levels of complexity using OpenAI, making data interpretation accessible to all knowledge levels. 🗣️📝
• Accessibility Chatbot: Assists companies in incorporating accessibility into their applications and can be implemented as a library or via API. 🤖💬
• Customizable Data Presentation: Offers options to amend chart colors for color blindness, adjust text size, and use emojis to indicate overall data trends. 🖍️📈

Tech Stack

How do all the pieces fit together?

Sonic Sight is built using a robust tech stack that ensures seamless integration and efficient performance. The key components include:

• Frontend: React.js and Next.js for building an interactive and responsive user interface. ⚛️
• Backend: Node.js with Express for handling API requests and data processing, utilizing OpenAI for advanced functionalities. 🌐
• Database: Similar to an S3 bucket for storing images. 🗄️
• Data Processing and Sonification: Chart2Music library for data analysis and sound generation. 🐍🎵
• UI Components: Chakra UI for designing a cohesive and accessible user interface. 🖌️
• Screenshot Functionality: HTML2Canvas for capturing and storing screenshots of graphs. 📸

Technical Deep-Dive

Advanced Features and Implementations

Sonic Sight allows for interactive sonification in graphs and produces transcripts with voice-to-text functionality, explaining the graph at varying levels of complexity using OpenAI. It also includes an accessibility chatbot to help companies incorporate accessibility into their applications. This chatbot can be directly implemented in applications as a library, or companies can send their own graphs to the API to get explanations at varying levels (e.g., child vs. expert). Additional features include options to amend the color of charts based on color blindness, adjust text size, and use emojis to show the overall trend of the data. 🌈🔍

Your Time Usage

Time Management Breakdown

Our team effectively managed our time to ensure the successful completion of Sonic Sight. Here's a breakdown of how we allocated our time:

• Research and Planning: 20% 📚
• Design and Prototyping: 15% ✏️
• Development: 50% 💻
• Testing and Debugging: 10% 🐞
• Documentation and Presentation: 5% 📝

Challenges

What was the hardest thing your team encountered? What mistakes did you make? What did you learn?

The hardest challenges we encountered were related to the design and ideation phase, as well as ensuring the CSS and responsiveness of the application. Additionally, we faced limitations integrating with GPT-4 because we lacked free credits for OpenAI's services. In the future, securing funding for these resources will be crucial. Through these challenges, we learned the importance of thorough planning, resource allocation, and continuous testing to ensure a seamless user experience. 🧩💡

Accomplishments

What are you proud of?

We are particularly proud of the following accomplishments:

• Successfully creating a tool that makes data accessible to visually impaired users. ✅
• Implementing real-time sound synthesis that accurately represents complex data sets. 🎧
• Receiving positive feedback from initial user testing, highlighting the tool's effectiveness and usability. 👍

Business/Monetization Strategy

How do you intend to make money? How much does it cost to run your project?

Our monetization strategy includes a freemium model, offering basic features for free while providing premium features through a subscription plan. The premium plan includes advanced customization options and additional sound profiles. Estimated Monthly Costs:

• Domain and Hosting: £50 💻
• Data Storage (similar to S3): £75 🗄️
• Maintenance and Support: £150 🛠️
• OpenAI GPT-4 Usage: £200 🧠 Total Estimated Monthly Costs: £475 Revenue Strategy:
• Free Tier: Basic features at no cost. 🆓
• Premium Tier: £15 per month per user, offering enhanced features and customization options. 💷 To break even, we need to cover our total monthly costs of £475. Here is the calculation for the number of premium users required: Number of premium users needed = Total Monthly Costs / Premium Tier Price = £475 / £15 ≈ 32 Therefore, we need approximately 32 premium users to cover our monthly costs. Revenue Projections:
• Break-even Point: 32 premium users.
• Profit Projections: Any users above 32 will generate profit. For example, with 50 premium users:
• Monthly Revenue: 50 × £15 = £750
• Monthly Profit: £750 - £475 = £275 By attracting more premium users, we can ensure sustainability and profitability. We will also consider strategies to increase user acquisition and retention, such as offering free trials, discounts for annual subscriptions, and referral bonuses to expand our user base. 🚀📈

Next Steps

Where would you take the project if you had more time?

If given more time, we would:

• Expand the sound library to offer more diverse auditory representations. 🎶
• Develop a mobile app version of Sonic Sight. 📱
• Conduct extensive user testing with visually impaired individuals to further refine the tool. 👥
• Explore partnerships with educational institutions and organizations supporting visually impaired communities to increase our reach and impact. 🌍
• Train the accessibility chatbot on WCAG 2.2 standards to enhance its guidance on web content accessibility. 📖

Future Developments

Add More Features

• WCAG Compliance: Ensure all new features meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA standards, such as:
• Keyboard Navigation: Enable full keyboard operability for users with motor impairments. ⌨️
• Text Alternatives: Provide text alternatives for non-text content, ensuring screen reader compatibility. 📃
• Adjustable Contrast: Allow users to adjust contrast settings to accommodate different visual needs. 🌗
• Resizable Text: Ensure text can be resized up to 200% without loss of content or functionality. 🔍
• Accessible Forms: Make sure all forms are fully accessible, with clear labels and instructions. 📝

Expand Sound Library

• Diverse Sound Options: Introduce a wider variety of sounds to represent different types of data changes and trends, catering to user preferences and making data interpretation more intuitive. 🎶
• Custom Sound Uploads: Allow users to upload their own sounds to personalise their data sonification experience. 🎵

Develop Mobile Application

• Cross-Platform Compatibility: Create a mobile application for both iOS and Android devices to make the Sonic Sight package accessible on the go. 📱
• Responsive Design: Ensure the mobile application has a responsive design that adapts to different screen sizes and orientations. 📐

User Testing

• Beta Testing: Conduct beta testing with a diverse group of users, including those with various disabilities, to gather feedback and identify any areas for improvement. 👥
• Usability Studies: Perform usability studies to ensure the new features are intuitive and effective in enhancing accessibility and interpretability. 🔍
• Iterative Improvements: Use feedback from user testing to make iterative improvements to the application, ensuring a high level of user satisfaction and accessibility. 🔄

Brand Creation

• Develop a Strong Brand Identity: Create a strong, recognisable brand identity for the Sonic Sight package that reflects its commitment to accessibility and innovation. 🏷️
• Marketing and Outreach: Develop marketing strategies to promote the package to educational institutions, businesses, and other potential users who can benefit from enhanced data accessibility. 📣
• Community Engagement: Build a community around the product by engaging with users through forums, social media, and events to foster a sense of ownership and continuous improvement. 🌐 By continuing to innovate and improve Sonic Sight, we aim to make data truly accessible and understandable for everyone, ensuring that no one is left behind in the digital age. 🌟

Links

• GitHub Repository 💻
• Deployment Link 🌐