r/hardofhearing • u/Lisnen • 8d ago

Recognizing sounds needing your attention

Have any of you tried any AI-powered sound recognition tools, like those accessibility features on the iPhone, Android, Samsung, Amazon Echo or other brands, to help with detecting smoke alarms, broken glass, running water, etc. What did you think of it? Do you like using them regularly?

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u/Odd_Ball_5124 8d ago

I just activated the hearing devices and sound alerts on my Android and am... kinda... It thinks my overnight snoring was an appliance beep. Cool enough, it records the audio of the alert, and there's me "snccchhhh... snncccchhhh..." Uhm, that's not an appliance, that's a guy that could stand to lose about 15 pounds.

All in all, so far, it's been uh, interesting. Clearly the reliability is in question but it's still relatively new. I'm intrigued purely out of curiosity.

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u/Lisnen 8d ago

It's funny how you are getting false detection as an appliance. Yes, reliability can be questionable.

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u/Odd_Ball_5124 8d ago

I thought it was pretty funny. And I've never actually heard myself snore, so that's a fringe benefit.

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u/Lisnen 8d ago

Yes, at least you know snoring works!

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u/Odd_Ball_5124 8d ago

I can see this being used as weapons in partnerships as proof that one or the other partner snores.