7 videos that showcase how Bluetooth® technology is enhancing accessibility and audio quality for all
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Prioritizing accessibility fosters inclusion, innovation, and equitability. However, environments, technologies, and services must be designed to remove barriers and provide equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of impairments. Bluetooth innovations like Bluetooth® LE Audio and Auracast™ broadcast audio are enhancing accessibility and improving audio quality, making it easier for us to connect with each other, our communities, and the world.
Bluetooth LE Audio adds standardized support for hearing aids and other hearing instruments, making it easier than ever for people with hearing loss to connect to phones, tablets, TVs, and more. Auracast™ broadcast audio, a new Bluetooth® capability, takes this a step further by allowing people with hearing aids, earbuds, or headphones to access audio straight from a venue’s public address or sound system using their personal hearing instrument, with no need to borrow or request special equipment — just clear, inclusive audio for everyone.
Check out the videos below to see how developers and venues are leveraging this new Bluetooth feature to help usher in an era of audio accessibility for all.
Communication access for all
Ann Thomas with the HLAA discusses the critical need and crucial importance of equitable communication access and explores how audio from assistive listening systems in public spaces can help everyone connect, no matter their hearing health.
Conversations on accessibility: Matthew Allsop
Matthew Allsop, an audiologist and advocate for hearing accessibility, talks about how recent advancements in technology are helping to increase inclusion and independence for people with hearing loss. Allsop shares how hearing can help bind us together, his perspective on helping everyone lead their best life, and his advice for inclusive technology developers and venue owners and operators.
Auracast™ broadcast audio – past, present, and future
In this video, the Bluetooth SIG’s Henry Wong answers the questions everyone is asking: What products support Auracast™️broadcast audio? And where can I experience it?
Voices of Galaxy: sound for all
This video highlights how Galaxy, supported by Auracast broadcast audio, is creating accessibility opportunities for everyone. Following the journey of Samsung employees, Chahee Park and Yoonbee Kim, see how two people who are passionate about accessibility came to connect people with sound at a pilot event in St. Paul’s Cathedral to create the true meaning of accessibility.
Assistive listening and communication systems
Watch Ampetronic’s Julian Pieters explore the latest in assistive listening and communication systems and outline how Auracast™️broadcast audio is providing inclusive, high-quality audio and enhancing the visitor experience in public spaces for people with all levels of hearing health.
Conversations on accessibility: Andrew Bellavia
In this video, Andrew Bellavia, an advocate and expert in hearing accessibility, explains how technology is reshaping inclusion. Bellavia shares his personal insights on hearing loss, the barriers people face, and the promise of solutions like Bluetooth® standardization and Auracast™ broadcast audio to make access seamless, intuitive, and empowering.
Advocating for Auracast™ and accessibility
Watch the Bluetooth SIG’s Mindy Dolan as she introduces new advocacy tools designed to help assistive listening advocates educate venues about the benefits of Auracast™️ broadcast audio. Learn how these resources can support your efforts to expand audio accessibility in public spaces.
Learn more about how Bluetooth® technology is helping to create a more accessible world.
