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Can you imagine that you are listening to music at home with your noise canceling headphones and, in a mistake, you leave a tap running? Or do they knock on the door and you don't know? Well, it is the situation that thousands of people with hearing problems experience. For this reason, Google has launched a review of one of its most practical, although not so well-known, applications with an important new function: launch notifications and warnings of what is happening around you according to the noises that exist Ideal not only for people with poor hearing, but also for those who are especially clueless. That's how it works.
The app is called Instant Transcription, and it's known among deaf people for instantly switching from speech to text so anyone can can read what is being said. The difference is that now it goes a step further and not only becomes an application for active use, but also passively. Listening to the noises and alerts of the environment to notify it visually on the mobile screen. Either because you are not attentive or because you have hearing problems.
Thus, dog barking, household appliance beeps, dripping faucets, a doorbell and other types of sounds and events can be recorded by the mobile's microphone and processed by the application. The result is a visible notification on the screen and a record of everything that happens around you to be aware and not miss anything.Of course, keep in mind that they are critical sounds, according to Google. That is, loud and important noises You won't be able to use sound notifications for gossip.
The idea is that, by creating these notifications, the mobile notifies you of everything that the microphone detects. But the good thing is that it links to other devices like the smart watch that you can wear on your wrist. In this way, not only is the visual warning of the sound detected by the mobile received, it is also transmitted by means of a vibration so that the origin of that sound is attended to. In short, everything that current technology can do so that people with hearing problems are aware of the reality of their environment.
Also, once you enter the notification you will see a graphic as a timelineIn this way you will be able to review all the events detected by the application. Not only to know when there has been one of these critical sounds, but also for how long it has lasted. A whole history of information so you know everything that has happened around you.
How does it work
According to Google account, the application now has constant access to the microphone. Something that, on the other hand, can make a dent in the general autonomy of the terminal. But when doing so, you may receive indicators of a loud noise. Thanks to the machine learning on which it has been developed, the application detects and understands noise, sensing whether it is a baby crying, someone pounding on the door, or a running faucet, and transforms it into a notification. Thanks to this internal processing, does not need an Internet connection to process it.So it will be working always and at all times. Terminal connections do not matter.
Of course, you will have to activate this function within the Instant Transcription application. To do this, update the application in the Google Play Store. Then go through the terminal Settings, enter the Accessibility section and look for Sound Notifications With this the mobile will begin to listen to all the sounds of the environment and notify you of those critical sounds it detects.
