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I can just hit download on a podcast on Spotify and have it ready for trips.

by deanc 3y ago

semiquaver 3y ago
iOS has a white noise generator built in with several types of noise as well as nature sounds. https://www.theverge.com/23131327/how-to-iphone-white-noise-background-sounds-ios-15 https://www.theverge.com/23131327/how-to-iphone-white-noise-...
- AYBABTME 3y ago
  Wow I didn't know that, thanks! Now I just need a way to create an app icon for random iOS settings.
  - reaperducer 3y ago
    Try the built-in Shortcuts app. It can create pseudo-apps out of many iOS settings and toggles.
  - prepend 3y ago
    There is one already, it looks like a little ear. I get to it by swiping up and it’s next to the remote, flashlight, and calculator app icons.
  - callalex 3y ago
    It is accessible through Control Center (the pull-down screen with radio toggles and brightness and stuff)
  - semiquaver 3y ago
    (From the link I posted) There’s a quick way to access all of this if you’d rather not dive into menus every time you want to turn on white noise. Once you’ve set your preferred sound from the options above, follow these steps: Navigate back to the Accessibility menu. Scroll down to the bottom and tap Accessibility Shortcut (under General). Tap Background Sounds to select it from the list. This will set white noise as your accessibility shortcut so your preferred background sound will play anytime you triple-click the side button, even with the screen locked. You can map this function to Back Tap, too, if you prefer.
- deleted 3y ago
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- avidiax 3y ago
  For Android users, the Google Assistant can produce white noise, shore sounds, etc. You should probably use an app though. Noise doesn't compress well, which means that you can get strange artifacts when it is compressed from the server to you, and then from your phone to a BT device. An app playing from hardwired or internal speakers is best. There is a good app called Chroma Doze. It lets you tune the noise to the exact spectrum needed for your situation. It also blends the noise very well so that there is no loop heard. Plenty of apps/devices think that 3-4 seconds of noise looped is enough, but one you hear it, you can't unhear the loop. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.pmarks.chromadoze https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.pmarks.chr...
KennyBlanken 3y ago
How is that more convenient than opening an app and pressing a button? Or having some noise mp3/AACs loaded into your phone's music app?
- oktoberpaard 3y ago
  It can be toggled on and off in the pull down menu, wherever you are. It also detects when something else is playing and can lower the volume to a configurable level (or turn off completely). Other than that I can’t think of any, but I like it well enough that I don’t use an app. I especially like the rain sound, which also happens to drown out voices very well when combined with ANC.

I can just hit download on a podcast on Spotify and have it ready for trips.

by deanc 3y ago

I can just hit download on a podcast on Spotify and have it ready for trips.

iOS has a white noise generator built in with several types of noise as well as nature sounds. https://www.theverge.com/23131327/how-to-iphone-white-noise-background-sounds-ios-15 https://www.theverge.com/23131327/how-to-iphone-white-noise-...

AYBABTME 3y ago
Wow I didn't know that, thanks! Now I just need a way to create an app icon for random iOS settings.
- reaperducer 3y ago
  Try the built-in Shortcuts app. It can create pseudo-apps out of many iOS settings and toggles.
- prepend 3y ago
  There is one already, it looks like a little ear. I get to it by swiping up and it’s next to the remote, flashlight, and calculator app icons.
- callalex 3y ago
  It is accessible through Control Center (the pull-down screen with radio toggles and brightness and stuff)
- semiquaver 3y ago
  (From the link I posted) There’s a quick way to access all of this if you’d rather not dive into menus every time you want to turn on white noise. Once you’ve set your preferred sound from the options above, follow these steps: Navigate back to the Accessibility menu. Scroll down to the bottom and tap Accessibility Shortcut (under General). Tap Background Sounds to select it from the list. This will set white noise as your accessibility shortcut so your preferred background sound will play anytime you triple-click the side button, even with the screen locked. You can map this function to Back Tap, too, if you prefer.
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avidiax 3y ago
For Android users, the Google Assistant can produce white noise, shore sounds, etc. You should probably use an app though. Noise doesn't compress well, which means that you can get strange artifacts when it is compressed from the server to you, and then from your phone to a BT device. An app playing from hardwired or internal speakers is best. There is a good app called Chroma Doze. It lets you tune the noise to the exact spectrum needed for your situation. It also blends the noise very well so that there is no loop heard. Plenty of apps/devices think that 3-4 seconds of noise looped is enough, but one you hear it, you can't unhear the loop. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.pmarks.chromadoze https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.pmarks.chr...

KennyBlanken 3y ago

How is that more convenient than opening an app and pressing a button? Or having some noise mp3/AACs loaded into your phone's music app?

oktoberpaard 3y ago
It can be toggled on and off in the pull down menu, wherever you are. It also detects when something else is playing and can lower the volume to a configurable level (or turn off completely). Other than that I can’t think of any, but I like it well enough that I don’t use an app. I especially like the rain sound, which also happens to drown out voices very well when combined with ANC.