Amazon announced on its Fire TV blog that its Fire TV Cube (2nd gen) now supports Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids, commonly known as ASHA. This makes Amazon Fire TV Cube “the first-ever streaming media player to support ASHA and allow customers to directly connect compatible Bluetooth hearing aids,” according to the company. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) reports that 15% (37.5 million) of Americans over the age of 18 report some hearing loss and nearly 29 million US adults could benefit from using hearing aids.
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How to use SharePlay on FaceTime
One of the new features that iOS 15 offers is the ability to share your iPhone and iPad screen during FaceTime sessions so that you can enjoy films, music, and other media along with friends and family. This new feature, called SharePlay, has been included in iOS 15.1 and can now be used to a limited extent.
Apple Music comes out with new voice-only plan
Apple unveiled a new Voice plan for Apple Music during its Unleashed event last Monday that will be $4.99 per month. You can use only your voice and its Siri voice assistant to access all Apple Music content across Apple devices. It will be available later this fall in 17 countries.
How to enable background noise in iOS 15
Every software update Apple issues comes packed with new-and-improved features designed to help users get more out of their iPhones, and iOS 15 is no exception. But perhaps the most useful among the hotly anticipated features that iOS 15 offers is a new suite of accessibility options for people with mobility, vision, hearing, and cognitive disabilities
How to change to Alexa’s new voice and Ziggy wake word
Alexa has always had a feminine-sounding voice. But Amazon finally began rolling out a masculine-sounding voice last week – when it introduced a Shaq celebrity voice option. Amazon has also added a new wake word – Ziggy – to trigger Alexa. It isn’t specifically associating Ziggy with the masculine-sounding voice or Alexa with the feminine-sounding voice, however. You can use either voice option with any of Alexa’s wake words.
Blind man uses EyeMusic to ‘recognize visual images
Israeli neuroscientists trained a 50-year-old man, blind from birth, to recognize objects using a sensory substitution algorithm called EyeMusic.
Apple adds two new features for Apple Music
Late on Monday night, Apple added two new features for its Apple Music subscription service: immersive Dolby Atmos spatial audio and lossless-quality streaming.
Apple Music adds Saylists to help people with speech-sound disorders
Apple has launched Saylists on Apple Music to help people with speech disabilities. Apple worked with Warner Music to develop the said Apple Music feature that will use algorithms to find songs with challenging lyrics and sounds.
How to use Alexa’s new privacy features on your Amazon Echo
Maybe you don’t want others to know the conversations you’ve had with Alexa throughout the day. Fortunately, two new Echo privacy features make it easier to erase your voice history, once and for all.
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