Erie: a declarative grammar for data sonification (for web)

Introduction

Erie is a declarative grammar for data sonification, and this JavaScript library is built for web environments using Web Audio API and Web Speech API.

How to Use

Prerequisits

Libraries

• D3 v7.8.4
• Arquero v5.2.0
• Moment 2.29.4

On browser (Vanilla JS)

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/arquero@latest"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/d3@7"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.29.4/moment.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vega@5/build-es5/vega.min.js"></script>
<!-- For development -->
<script src="{path}/erie-web.js"></script>
<!-- For production -->
<!-- <script src="{path}/erie-web.min.js"></script>  -->

(Working on CDN)

On Node

import * as Erie from "erie-web";
// ex) Erie.compileAuidoGraph

To use audio sample files for musical instruments

On Browser

Erie.setSampleBaseUrl(...);

Documentation

Link

Making a contribution

Erie is an open-source project, and waiting for your feedback!

Build

npm i
npm run build

And

• Open for pull/merge requests!
• Leave an issue for suggestions or bugs!
• Get on the board (let's work together)!

License

MIT

Cite

Software

@misc{erie
  title = {Erie},
  author = {Kim, Hyeok},
  year = {2023},
  note = {\url{https://github.com/see-mike-out/erie-web}}
}

Paper (will be updated)

@inproceedings{kim:2024erie
  title = {Erie: a Declarative Grammar for Data Sonification},
  author = {Kim, Hyeok and Kim, Yea-Seul and Hullman, Jessica},
  year = {2024},
  booktitle = {To apper in ACM CHI 2024},
  note = {\url{https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642442}}
}