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Re:Announcing Bluetooth LE Audio by klodolph on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @01:34PM (#21982999)
> Mass transit (trains, buses, subway stations, airport) could broadcast announcements, the same way they do now over speakers, so those who have a hard time hearing the announcements (or just have headphones in anyways) could actually hear them.

These are often transmitted over audio induction loop already.

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Re:Announcing Bluetooth LE Audio by ShakataGaNai on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @02:16PM (#21983539)
Ah, fair point. As I'm not hard of hearing I don't think about those technologies much.

However as an "regular person", I would like to be able to hear the audio announcements on the local train system (BART). The trains tends to be extremely loud so in-ear/ANC headphones are almost required for ear protection. ANC + Movie/Music = No idea what is going on or why.

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Re:Announcing Bluetooth LE Audio by klodolph on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @02:46PM (#21983955)
Maybe it would be possible to receive inductive loop on your headphones.
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