Braci PRO provides visual and vibrating alerts for sounds in the environment

This is an app that works on the iPhone or Android and could be a life saver or just a better reminder than the alarms you set up.  If you have a hearing impairment or need an alert this app will turn your smart phone into a device that provides visual signals, vibration and/or flashing light when well known sounds are heard via the microphone or an alarm, door bell or other sounds around the house and local surroundings.  It can help when on field trips or in a lab / lecture theatre etc when the fire alarm goes off.

According to Braci Smartear it is a ‘sound recognition platform’ with a “Wide range of detectable sounds – The application can pick up and notify you to many different types of sounds which revolve around your safety, security and comfort. These sounds can be found as:
a- Pre-installed within the application (Smoke alarms, and Carbon monoxide alarms)
b- Customizable to your specific sounds ( Doorbells, alarms, intercoms, and much more)
c- Compatible alert products such as Bellman and Geemarc products.”

A YouTube video about how to use Braci Pro

This comes thanks to David Banes

Subtitles for translating video content – English not your first language?

“When you watch videos that are not in your first language – if there are subtitles turn these into your chosen language to help explain the content.”

turning on captions

YouTube has closed captioning or subtitles on some videos and the video called “How to extract YouTube Subtitles (Interactive Transcript) in 2 minutes [HD]” illustrates some of the difficulties that occur with automatic captioning – A Frenchman speaking in English and when you view the subtitles by selecting the small list icon on the bottom right of the video player you will see that some of the words do not match what has been said but you can also translate the words into your chosen language.  The results will be variable!  In this video you will see how you can take the transcript and improve the results.