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LeoPanthera on Jan 15, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Be My Eyes

There's a little-known feature of iOS called "sound recognition" that constantly listens and pops up an alert when it recognizes certain sounds that need attention, such as a crying baby, doorbell, or siren.

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/sound-recognition-iph...

I'm not deaf but I can imagine that being very useful.

jack_riminton on Jan 15, 2021 | [–]

Wow that’s actually pretty cool. Would be useful for hearing people too if they’re wearing headphones

dundercoder on Jan 16, 2021 | [–]

Lots of false positives still, but I think it will get better.

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