Hello, I use an iPhone 15 Pro running IOS 26.1. I do a daily exercise walk using a talking navigation app on my iPhone, usually nearby explorer online. I use Phonak hearing aids which connect to my iPhone via standard bluetooth. They do not use made for iPhone protocol. The navigation app speaks to me via the hearing aids and tells me what compass direction I am walking in, the name and distance to the next street intersection and so on. I use VoiceOver to start the navigation app and then turn VoiceOver off. I have the hearing aids set to the Music app which disables hearing aid noise suppression.
My problem is that sometimes, but not always, speech from the navigation app decreases the sound of traffic noise in my hearing aids for a short time which is dangerous when crossing roads, somewhat like audio ducking, though I have audio ducking off via the rota. As the hearing aids are bluetooth connected to the iPhone I think that the iPhone can hear the traffic noise via the hearing aid microphones. I am puzzled by why this audio ducking is happening, especially as I thought that audio ducking is only relevant when VoiceOver is active. I am not sure but the problem does not seem to happen if I set the volume of the navigation app to the desired level before doing any walking. Subsequently turning on VoiceOver to adjust anything seems to cause the above audio ducking. I would appreciate any suggestions on what is happening here. Does audio ducking only happen when VoiceOver is running? What does the audio ducking amount mean, if I want minimal ducking should I set the ducking amount to 90% or to 10%? Many thanks for any suggestions. Best regards … Paul Hopewell -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/F117C1F4-5D4F-46E7-8EB6-3A3FB962D910%40hopewell.org.uk.
