How to listen to music with headphones and know when there is a knock on the door with this app
Table of contents:
- Google Instant Transcription - A Feature-rich App
- How to set up Instant Transcription to receive notifications such as the doorbell
Are you one of those who listen to music at full blast with headphones at home or in the office to isolate yourself from the world? Well, technology not only allows you to isolate yourself, it is also there to tell you if someone knocks on the door. Or landline. Or to notify you that your baby is crying or that something has fallen. In addition, all this technology is signed by Google through an application designed for other things, but that you can take advantage of to stay isolated from the noise and, even so, find out everythingHere we tell you how to listen to music with headphones and know when there is a knock on the door with this Google app.
Google Instant Transcription - A Feature-rich App
The key to this trick comes from Instant Transcription, a Google application. The main mission of this app is to transform the mobile into an accessibility tool for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. In this way, taking advantage of microphones, vibration and screen, it is possible to follow conversations and also receive notifications and warnings from the environment. But the latter is something we can all take advantage of.
Thanks to Google technology, the app can transcribe conversations to follow them on the screen. Ideal for deaf people, who will have all the information of the talk they are having directly on the screen. But this app also recognizes noises such as the ringing of a telephone, the doorbell, a baby crying, a dog barking... And, of course, Of course, it notifies you through the terminal so that the user is fully aware of what is happening.
How to set up Instant Transcription to receive notifications such as the doorbell
All you have to do is install Instant Transcription via Google Play Store, if your Android phone doesn't already have her serial. If so, find the app and launch it to get started with the setup. As you can see, its main mission is to transcribe everything that the mobile listens to. Well then, we are going to configure the app so that the mobile notifies us of loud noises.
Click on the cogwheel in the lower left corner. And, in the menu that appears, select the Open sound notifications section. Here the function is explained in a very simple way. Basically the mobile will be active to detect important sounds in the house such as those mentioned above: doorbells, babies crying, etc.Once an important noise is detected, the application notifies the situation via mobile so that you are aware. Of course, the notifications do not carry the audio of that detected sound. Also, keep in mind that not all noises are detected by the Instant Transcribe app. But the most important ones.
Once you are aware of all this, all you have to do is click on the button Activate Of course, the application will recommend some questions before you start to work. From placing the mobile in the room where you want to detect the noise, to lowering the volume of other devices in the house such as the television. In addition, it warns that this system can consume the battery of the mobile faster, and it is that it implies keeping some of the characteristics always alert. The ideal in this case is to have a smart watch connected to the mobile so that the notification reaches us.We can even do a test to check that the system works.
Now that everything is up and running you can listen to your music in peace. Especially if you use your mobile to play it. A time line will appear on the mobile where the sound events will be saved and record the time at which they happened. If it is a loud and recognizable noise, the mobile will vibrate and make a notification appear If you have active notifications on your smartwatch or the sound on your mobile, the warning it will come to you.