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Creatability

Exploring how creative tools can be made more accessible for everyone.
Man using laptop with webcam on. On his screen - a colorful musical keyboard is played with a cursor mapped to his nose.
What is Creatability?

Creatability is a set of experiments made in collaboration with creators and allies in the accessibility community. They explore how creative tools – drawing, music, and more – can be made more accessible using web and AI technology. They’re just a start. We’re sharing open-source code and tutorials for others to make their own projects.

Experiments

Keyboard

by Use All Five & Google Creative Lab
A simple musical keyboard you can play with your face, body, mouse, or keys.

Sound Canvas

by Kearney-Volpe / Miele / Phillips / Pereira
A simple drawing tool that works through both sight and sound.

Body Synth

by Use All Five & Google Creative Lab
Make music just by moving your body.

Seeing Music

by Jay Alan Zimmerman
Experience music visually.

Clarion Lite

by OpenUp Music & Use All Five
An expressive, adaptable musical instrument in your web browser.

Sampler

by Use All Five & Google Creative Lab
A simple musical sampler you can play with your face, body, mouse or keys.

Word Synth

by Google Creative Lab
A fun way to play with speech and music.

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Stories

Whether you’re a teacher, student, researcher, or artist, you can use these experiments in all kinds of ways. Here are links to stories of how they're being used. (Want to share your story? Drop us a line at creatability-support@google.com)

October 25, 2018

Drawing with Sound
Claire Kearney-Volpe & Josh Miele walk through different ways to use the Sound Canvas tool.

October 25, 2018

Making Your Own Musical Instruments with P5.js, Arduino, and WebMIDI
Luisa Pereira shows how to combine body tracking and Arduino to make your own instruments.

Build Your Own

Here are some links to get started making your own experiments.
Github: Creatability Components
We're sharing open-source code and components from these experiments in this repo on Git