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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><p>Assistive Technology Blog - Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 9:10 AM<o:p></o:p></p><h1>Sound Notifications in Android Now Detect Custom Sounds For Deaf Users<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://assistivetechnologyblog.com/2022/11/sound-notifications-android-deaf.html/timeline_snapshot-max-1000x1000"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://i0.wp.com/assistivetechnologyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Timeline_Snapshot.max-1000x1000-1.png?resize=473%2C276&ssl=1" alt="phone screenshot shows timeline indicating several sounds that were identified by the phone"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p>Sound Notifications, an accessibility feature in Android, was introduced in 2020 to identify sounds in and around households and notify deaf and hard of hearing users. Originally, it came with a limited number of sounds in its alert library but now users can add their own custom sounds to the alert library to get notified the next time they sound.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Designed in partnership with the Deaf and hard of hearing community, a user’s phone can identify critical sounds like fire alarms, microwave ovens, running water, door knocks, baby sounds, etc. and notify them on their phone or watch as they occur. The notifications can be vibrations on their devices or flashing lights on their phone which are useful for deaf users or anyone using noise cancelling headphones. <o:p></o:p></p><p>Sound Notifications uses machine learning to identify these sounds and works completely offline.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=300 height=267 style='width:3.125in;height:2.7812in' id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://i0.wp.com/assistivetechnologyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image.png?resize=300%2C267&ssl=1" alt="animated image of a smart watch showing the notification - "water running. this sound is detected nearby""><o:p></o:p></p><p>Sound Notifications can be found in Settings->Accessibility. If you are unable to find this option, you can download both <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.audio.hearing.visualization.accessibility.scribe&hl=en_US&gl=US" target="_blank">Live Transcribe & Notifications</a> from Google Play, then go to settings and turn on Sound Notifications.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Watch the video below to see how it works and if you have an Android phone, give this feature a shot and let us know how well it works!<o:p></o:p></p><p><span class=embed-youtube>[embedded content] </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=524 height=524 style='width:5.4583in;height:5.4583in' id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://i0.wp.com/storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/original_images/9._Custom_sound_alerts_MUduzvq.gif?resize=524%2C524&ssl=1" alt="Animated demonstration of how Sound Notifications records beeping sounds to help keep you detect critical sounds.">Animated demonstration of how Sound Notifications records beeping sounds to help keep you detect critical sounds.<o:p></o:p></p><p><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Source: </span></em><a href="https://blog.google/products/android/new-android-features-September-2022/" target="_blank">Google</a><o:p></o:p></p><h3><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Related</span></em><o:p></o:p></h3><p><a href="https://assistivetechnologyblog.com/2022/11/sound-notifications-android-deaf.html">https://assistivetechnologyblog.com/2022/11/sound-notifications-android-deaf.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>