# Welcome

👋 Welcome to the **Data Sonification Toolkit** for Journalists, Information Designers, and Communicators! This is a resource for exploring sonification, ***the practice of representing data in the form of sound and music***. Regardless of your skill level, this toolkit is made to help you in your sonic data endeavors. 

👈 Use the **left-side panel** to **navigate** through the toolkit. Jump directly to a section, or move chronologically through each chapter. 

🔍  Use the **search bar** in the upper right corner if you want help finding something.

💡 Don’t know where to start? Try these!

<table data-column-title-hidden data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="image">Cover image</th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:$success;"><strong>Sonification in Journalism:</strong> An archive of examples</mark></td><td><a href="https://474819277-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FkFIX5m2sdMOgL46wsjZF%2Fuploads%2FUgAyOVEbqvFRSDWtNuxj%2Fsteve-johnson--SKTPVIU3NU-unsplash.jpg?alt=media&#x26;token=4bbda506-dc04-49e8-8532-f04bc4fc78e8">steve-johnson--SKTPVIU3NU-unsplash.jpg</a></td><td><a href="data-sonification/examples">examples</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:$warning;"><strong>Sonification Tools:</strong> Make your data sing</mark></td><td><a href="https://474819277-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FkFIX5m2sdMOgL46wsjZF%2Fuploads%2FkQQEIrjfgFxuyCU6LWne%2Fsteve-johnson-Y0IP6RaMLLo-unsplash.jpg?alt=media&#x26;token=d16458df-6719-4c4c-941c-e9da93cf40f4">steve-johnson-Y0IP6RaMLLo-unsplash.jpg</a></td><td><a href="data-sonification/tools">tools</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:$info;"><strong>Roadmap for Sonification:</strong> What are the steps?</mark></td><td><a href="https://474819277-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FkFIX5m2sdMOgL46wsjZF%2Fuploads%2FzvB2wwqXMrk3QZI2y6lj%2Fsteve-johnson-DayLLb8dZow-unsplash.jpg?alt=media&#x26;token=ea10238f-fd72-40d4-b8d1-6961bec4ab0e">steve-johnson-DayLLb8dZow-unsplash.jpg</a></td><td><a href="data-sonification/roadmap">roadmap</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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