Ampetronic | Listen Technologies’ Auri™ Installed at Brighton Station in the U.K.
Listen Technologies, a leading provider of advanced wireless listening solutions for 28 years, and Ampetronic, a global leader in hearing loop systems, announced that Auri™, the Auracast™ broadcast audio-based assistive listening solution they co-developed, has been installed at Brighton station in the U.K. This is the first permanent Auracast™ installation in a railway station in the U.K.
The Auri™ system makes it easy for anyone with Auracast™ enabled hearing aids, headphones, earbuds, or Cochlear implants to access station announcements and hear them clearly in their devices. Announcements are broadcast from Auri™ transmitters installed throughout the station to anyone with compatible receiving devices within range.
Being able to hear important information about gates and platforms, departure times, and safety while traveling is essential. Busy, noisy, transport centers like Brighton station can be challenging hearing environments, especially for passengers with hearing loss. The Auri™ system filters out background noise and delivers station audio directly to listeners’ ears for greater clarity and intelligibility.
The system can also benefit people without hearing loss, including passengers who require language interpretation, are neurodiverse, or have visual impairments.
Auri™ offers the future of assistive listening in a busy, historic railway station
Southern, Thameslink, and Gatwick Express railways operating under Greater Thameslink Railway (GTR), sponsored the permanent installation of Auri™ at the 185-year-old, Grade II* listed Brighton station. Bristol Temple Meads station featured the Auri™ system last year as part of a trial of Auracast™ broadcast audio technology in its buildings.
GTR hosted an event at Brighton station on July 8 for members of the Brighton Hearing Loss Group so they could try the newly installed system. People who experienced the technology during the event remarked about the clarity of audio and expressed confidence at being able to hear important announcements.
Jonathon Hoskin, division sales manager – specialist solutions at Ampetronic | Listen Technologies, said of the installation: “We’re proud to bring the future of assistive listening to this busy, historic rail station with a permanent installation of our Auracast™-based solution, Auri™. It’s been wonderful working with GTR on this project, and they are to be commended for their leadership in advancing audio accessibility in Brighton station. By implementing Auracast™, they are making it easier, safer, and more comfortable for people with hearing loss to travel.”
With Auri™, accessing clear audio is easy and convenient
Ampetronic | Listen Technologies installed Auri™ TX2N 2-channel transmitters in the Brighton station. The sleek, low-profile transmitters provide long-range, low-latency Auracast™ broadcast audio. The installation happened quickly without any disruption to service or station downtime.
Accessing the audio broadcasts is easy, convenient, and free for station visitors with compatible devices. They can find and select the broadcasts through their smartphones, similar to how they would search for and select a Wi-Fi network. Then, audio is broadcast to their Auracast™ enabled devices.
Hoskin added, “Google shared valuable insight into user onboarding methodologies, helping to inform our understanding of current device capabilities and future developments.”
Accessibility Lead for Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express Carl Martin said: “We’re constantly looking for innovative ways to make it easier for everyone to travel on our network, particularly our disabled passengers.
“This fabulous technology will have a huge impact, overcoming the difficulty of hearing announcements in our beautiful but acoustically very challenging, noisy station at Brighton.”
To learn more, please visit www.listentech.com and www.ampetronic.com.
