Listen Technologies Corporation, a leading provider of advanced wireless listening solutions for 25 years, announced that AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association, will use Listen Technologies’ ListenTALK to facilitate group communication during Show Floor tours and Integrated Experience tours at InfoComm 2023.
Like earlier versions of Listen Technologies’ audio-over-Wi-Fi solutions, ListenWIFI lets venues stream audio over their wireless network to guests’ smartphones. Guests access the audio via a free app and listen with headphones or earbuds. An optional personal induction loop, also known as a neck loop, is available for guests with telecoil-equipped hearing aids or cochlear implants. When guests wear the neck loop and it is plugged into their smart device, audio transmits directly to their hearing aids or cochlear implant.
The ListenWIFI LA-490 Beacons provide location-based audio. The lightweight units that can be mounted on a wall and information can be transmitted via Bluetooth to the LWR-1050 receivers or smartphones. Venues can configure the new LA-490 ListenWIFI Beacons to trigger the LWR-1050 receivers and users’ smartphones to stream audio automatically when a person is within a specific range of the unit. ListenWIFI software allows venue managers to determine the coverage area and which channels a user can access.
Applications for ListenWIFI include assistive listening, language interpretation, streaming audio from video or TV screens and audio description. While previous versions of Listen Technologies’ audio-over-Wi-Fi solution had similar applications, the ListenWIFI platform features the latest hardware, including LWR-1050 dedicated receivers, LA-490 ListenWIFI Beacons, two-, four-, eight- and 16-channel servers and enhanced software for system configuration and management.
“We wanted to distinguish ListenWIFI as a new solution. It is more than a product upgrade,” added Franklin. “The ListenWIFI suite of products is the evolution of audio streaming technology and the industry’s most advanced, universally accessible and compliant, audio-over-Wi-Fi assistive listening solution.”
Listen Technologies launched the first audio-over-Wi-Fi solution, known as ListenWIFI, in 2014. In 2017, ListenWIFI became Listen EVERYWHERE after Listen Technologies’ acquisition of ExXothermic’s Audio Everywhere technology.
The new ListenWIFI LA-490 Beacons provide location-based audio for a fully automated and seamless user experience. Beacons are small, lightweight units that can be mounted on a wall and transmit information via Bluetooth to LWR-1050 receivers or smartphones running the ListenWIFI app.
Listen Technologies, a provider of assistive listening, multi-language audio transmission and live-streaming audio solutions, is attending InfoComm in Orlando this week, where the team has launched ListenWIFI, the next generation of its audio-over-Wi-Fi solution, Listen EVERYWHERE. This will replace Listen EVERYWHERE and follows the naming convention of the firm’s other systems, such as ListenIR and ListenRF.
The ListenWIFI app allows venues to customize branding, colors, and messaging. The new ListenWIFI app also lets venues generate QR codes from the app that users can scan to select their preferred language. Then, when interpreted audio is available, the app will automatically select the right channel based on the user’s preference.
The new ListenWIFI LA-490 Beacons provide location-based audio for a fully automated and seamless user experience. Beacons are small, lightweight units that can be mounted on a wall and transmit information via Bluetooth to LWR-1050 receivers or smartphones running the ListenWIFI app.
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