# An experiment in data sonification using the Twitter API and IBM-Watson Tone Analyzer

An experiment in data sonification using the Twitter API and IBM-Watson Tone Analyzer. The sound is modified by the location and amount of followers of the incoming tweets. As well as the overall positivity of all the tweets, as they are received. The positivity is measured using the scores send back by the Tone Analyzer.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2017
- Runtime: 4 min
- By: Benjamin Saphier
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_experiment_in_data_sonification_using_the_Twitter_API_and_IBM-Watson_Tone_Analyzer.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Benjamin Saphier
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/59744309?play=1)