The usual process for data sonification is directing digital media of a dataset through a software synthesizer and into a digital-to-analog converter to produce sound for humans to experience.
[1][2][3] Benefits to interpreting data through sonification include accessibility, pattern recognition, education, and artistic expression.
[4] Applications of data sonification include astronomy studies of star creation,[5] interpreting cluster analysis,[6] and geoscience.
[10] One of the earliest examples of data sonification is the Geiger counter, which measures ionizing radiation through sound.
[11] Another notable example of data sonification is NASA's processing of images from space telescopes into sounds.