Thanks for that Pete. Huge choice then but I wouldn't wear a cap and I
wouldn't want the band to go over my head so I am going to look at the ones
that go around the back of my neck.
Jo
-----Original Message-----
From: pete gurney
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2018 10:43 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Microsoft Soundscape app
hi Jo,
it tends to be that the more you pay the better the sound, but as you said
if you only want it for speech and not music
i find theres not a lot of difference between various makes.
it's more a case of which style you prefer and wether you want them to be
indiscreet.
there are over the head models, ones that go around the back of your neck,
ones that are built into glasses frames that
can have clear, tinted, or prescription lenses, and ones that are built
into a baseball style cap.
personally i'm not keen on the ones that go over the top of the head, but of
the ones that go around the back of the
neck i have both aftershokz and panasonic both of which are good but the
panasonic are better plus they have replaceable
batteries.
one of my favourites is the baseball style cap as no one even knows you are
wearing a headset and on this style the
transducers are placed above and behind the ears instead of the norm being
infront of the ears, plus they even sell
replaceable transducers of different strengths so they can be used by people
with hearing problems.
this company even have a cap that also has stereo microphones built into the
cap so that people with hearing problems
can put it into a special mode whereby the cap listens to and enhances the
ambient sounds and send it to the transducers
similar to wearing hearing aids.
zungle is one make of bone conduction glasses and although they work ok how
well they work i think would depend on how
well they fit the shape of a persons head as the transducers are built into
the ends of the arms.
this may also apply to another pair of glasses that are coming out shortly,
they originally called them vision AI
glasses but seem to have changed the name to Let glass.
these are a pair of smart bone conduction glasses that are Siri, Google Now,
and Alexa compatible and can be controlled
by voice,gestures, or by touch.
the aftershokz and panasonic models you can find in online stores.
the baseball style caps and the different strength transducers you can buy
from:
www.maxvirtual.com
and the bluetooth bone conduction cap costs $69.
the Let Glass smart bone conduction glasses can still be pledged for on
what they call indemand for a decent reduction
of $139 compared to what will be the regular price of $259 at:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/let-glass-enjoy-music-anywhere-without-headphones-audio/x/4916492?utm_campaign=contribution_follow-up&utm_content=cont_followup-campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_source=lifecycle&utm_term=header#/
hope this helps.
pete.
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