Hard of Hearing / Deaf Technologies
For someone with a hearing impairment, it is easy to believe that their hearing aid is what sets the limits for how well they can hear –Although today’s hearing aids provide good sound reproduction, in demanding environments, users of hearing aids still experience the technology’s limitations.
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Hearing technologies aim to break down such barriers :
- A microphone captures what is being said around a meeting table or of an individual sound source, such as a telephone or a lecturer.
- The sound is processed so that speech is enhanced and background noise filtered out.
- The sound is then transmitted to a receiver, and from there to the user’s hearing aid, hearing implant or headphone.
Trinity Supported Software
Phonak Roger On - Personal Loop Device
The Roger On is a personal loop device. A microphone that picks up audio and sends it directly to your hearing aid.
It can also be used to capture audio output from devices for your hearing aid. Useful for hearing video lectures and calls.
Phonak Roger Pen - How to Use
This video shows how to use the Phonak Roger Pen
Microsoft OneNote
OneNote is a digital notebook that automatically saves and syncs your notes as you work. Type information in your notebook or insert it from other apps and web pages. Take handwritten notes or draw your ideas. Use highlighting and tags for easy follow-up.
Login to office.tcd.ie to access OneNote.
You can also download OneNote on your mobile by clicking or scanning the QR code.
OneNote can create an audio transcript of your lectures with the use of the Microsoft Translator app.
- Tap or scan the QR code to download on mobile, then follow the instructions provided by the following video.
Open the app, and tap the conversations icon (the rightmost icon with two people on it). Then under "Start conversation", tap "START".- Enter your name, and tap "ENTER", you will be provided with a 5 letter code. In OneNote, under the "View" tab, click "Live Captions".
- Your phone will record, transcribe, and send the lecture audio to the OneNote Live Captions tab. A transcript of the lecture will also be saved in a separate page.
Trinity installed loops Systems
A loop System enables hearing aid users hear various sound sources in large rooms or reception areas, in auditoriums, offices, theatres, or other large public areas.
A loop of insulated wire is present around a designated listening area connected to a power source, an amplifier, and a microphone.
Hearing aids which have the ‘T’ switch can be set at this position, thus allowing the user to receive a signal, which carries from the microphone to the amplifier and is transmits through to the loop wire, like a transmitting aerial.
Apps for Smartphones and Tablets
Live Transcribe for Android
This app is only available for Android. We are currently looking for an iOS equivalent.
Live Transcribe is an Android application developed by Google. This app uses the accessibility icon in your phone's navigation bar so you can easily access it.
You can download Live transcribe as a regular app if it is not already present on your phone. You can then enable it in your phone's accessibility settings.
You can find more information at the Android Accessibility Help page for Live Transcribe.
Android Accessibility: Live Transcribe
Imagine a world where people who are deaf or hard of hearing can have everyday in-person conversations, in real time. Google research scientist Dimitri Kanvesky and engineer Chet Gnegy worked together to bring Live Transcribe, a new Android app, to life to accomplish just that.
VoxSci
VoxSci transcribes your voicemails into text and delivers them to your mobile as a text (SMS) message and/or as an email with MP3 attachment. Alternatively, you can read/listen to your voicemails via our FREE App.
VoxSci App
With the free VoxSci iPhone and Android App voicemail messages are automatically transcribed into text so that you can automatically read your voicemails as well as listening to them on your mobile phone.
Academic Support help
For further help and gaining strategies to help you take effective notes please view are academic support page which give you information on:
- How to use your lecture note effectively
- Strategies for taking notes in a lecture
- Introduction to the Cornell method of notetaking