Sonification I love sonification. I know it’s a bit geeky, but professionally, there are few things that me happier than finding the perfect bit of audio to include in a description. When an idea, or image, or data set is translated into sound - whether formally or informally - it can really enhance understanding and appreciation for those who are blind or low vision. I have used cartoon boings to sonify eyebrow shrugs, drum beats to sonify intensified continuity in filmmaking, and today, a squeeze box to sonify Donald Trump’s gestures. Ok, to be fair, I didn’t come up with that last one. But I was happy to pounce on it when describing Donald Trump for our Talk Description to Me podcast. One of Trump’s most common gestures is an in-and-out action with his hands. He holds out both hands, palms facing one another, and moves them closer together and further apart - in-and-out, in-and-out - as if describing the sizes of fish he caught last weekend. A YouTuber named Huw Parkinson has put t