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Awareness!® The Headphone App

 

Version 2.5 out now!

This is the latest full-price version, with many internal, performance and code refinements.

ALL features and ALL previous In-App purchases are now INCLUDED in the price

What is Awareness!®?

Awareness! is a unique app, that allows headphone/headset users to hear what’s going on around them, while listening to music (or any other audio) on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Awareness! uses your headset’s inline mic, to analyze your surroundings and feeds any important sounds straight into your headphones, over your music or audio book.

You can set a mic threshold level so that the mic is only switched on when a sound is louder than your background noise.

With Awareness! you can hear when the person next to you talks, or if out walking or cycling, when a car or truck blows its horn.

 

Awareness! Features:

AutoPause
Pauses and resumes music when the outside noise exceeds the set microphone level so you never miss a thing! Great for audio books too. Only Works with the iPod Player.

AutoSet
AutoSet listens to the sounds around you and automatically sets a microphone switching level to make sure you hear anything above normal background noise. AutoSet comes on each time Awareness! is started or when the Auto button on the main screen is tapped.

AutoSet Plus
AutoSet Plus is an advanced version of AutoSet that checks and adjusts the mic threshold at a set interval of your choice ranging from every 30 secs to every 5 minutes (displayed in the UI). Great for when you are on the move and for more dynamic environments where background noise is continually changing, e.g., a noisy street or train station.

Bypass/Mic
Switches the mic on or off whatever the mic setting, useful for when you just want to have a quick listen to what’s going on around you.

ClearVoice
Makes any speech picked up by the microphone clearer and easier to hear.

dB Noise Meter
Upgrades the app meter to a Noise Meter which measures environmental noise and displays it as a Sound Pressure Level (SPL) measured in decibels. Featuring average dB and dBA scales. (Note: this meter is for entertainment purposes only)

Ducking
Lowers the music when the mic is triggered and turns it back up when outside noise drops to normal levels.

Microphone Boost
Microphone Boost amplifies sounds picked up by the microphone, useful for listening in to distant sounds. Caution! Microphone Boost can make the volume very loud, please use responsibly and look after your ears.

Microphone Delay
Microphone Delay allows you to add a small delay before the microphone signal is triggered, this can help to prevent sounds like the wind or cable rub from inadvertently triggering the microphone.

Vibrate / Noise Alarm
Makes an ‘i’device vibrate when the mic level is exceeded. This turns Awareness! into a useful noise alarm that could warn you when you are exposed to dangerous environmental noise levels. Can be used in conjunction with the dB Noise Meter. Note: Will not work when iPod player is running but works with most other audio apps.

VoiceOver UI
Awareness! has been built from the ground up to incorporate a simplified UI that’s optimised for VoiceOver for partially sighted users.