What are the hearing enhancement features available on Galaxy phones?

Last Update date : 2023-08-22

Galaxy phones offer a range of hearing enhancements, leveraging advanced technology to improve audio experiences and cater to individuals with hearing impairments. These features aim to amplify sound, customize audio settings, and make communication and multimedia content more accessible for all users.

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Set the device to capture speech using the device’s microphone and convert it to on-screen text.

Open Settings, tap Accessibility → Hearing enhancements → Live Transcribe → Live Transcribe shortcut, and then tap the switch to turn it on. Tick the actions to use to start using this feature directly. Then, perform the action to transcribe speech.

Set the device to detect speech and automatically generate captions when you play media content, such as videos or podcasts.

Open Settings, tap Accessibility → Hearing enhancements → Live Caption, and then tap the Use Live Caption switch to turn it on.

Open Settings, tap Accessibility → Hearing enhancements → Caption preference, and then tap the Show captions switch to turn it on.

Select an option for configuring the caption settings.

Set the device to detect sounds, such as the beeping of smoke detectors or crying babies. The device will vibrate when it detects sound and the alert will be saved as a log.

  • Note: While this feature is turned on, the voice recognition will not operate.
1 Open Settings and tap Accessibility → Hearing enhancements → Sound notifications → Open Sound notifications.
2 Follow the on-screen instructions to turn on the sound notification feature. When sound is detected, the log will be displayed on the timeline.
3 If you want to turn off this feature, tap (Settings icon) and tap the Use Sound Notifications switch to turn it off.

Set the device to enhance the sound quality to work better with hearing aids.

Open Settings, tap Accessibility → Hearing enhancements → Hearing aid support, and then tap the Hearing aid compatibility switch to turn it on.

Set the device to amplify the sound around you to help you hear better when using headphones.

1 Open Settings, tap Accessibility → Hearing enhancements → Amplify ambient sound, and then tap the Amplify ambient sound shortcut switch to turn it on.
2 Tick the actions to use to start using this feature directly.
3 Connect headphones to the device and wear them.
4 Perform the action.

Optimise the sound setting to find the best sound quality and use it for calls or media playback.

Open Settings, tap Accessibility → Hearing enhancements → Adapt sound, and then optimise the sound setting.

Set the device to mute all device sounds, such as media sounds, and the caller’s voice during a call.

Open Settings, tap Accessibility → Hearing enhancements, and then tap the Mute all sounds switch to turn it on.

Mono output combines stereo sound into one signal that is played through all headphone speakers. Use this if you have a hearing impairment or if a single earbud is more convenient.

Open Settings, tap Accessibility → Hearing enhancements, and then tap the Mono audio switch to turn it on.

Set the device to adjust the sound balance.

1 Open Settings and tap Accessibility → Hearing enhancements.
2 Drag the adjustment bar under Left/right sound balance to the left or right and adjust the sound balance.

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