New free audio to text app developed on the Costa

Alicante University researchers develop ListenAll, an app to help people with hearing and motor disabilities

LISTENALL allows users with hearing disabilities to follow a conversation, class or conference in real time on their mobile phone or tablet.

Created and developed by the University of Alicante in collaboration with Fundación Vodafone España, ListenAll enables a user with a hearing disability to follow a conversation, class or conference in real time on their mobile phone or tablet, as well as improving the writing speed for people who have trouble writing on devices with touch screens or physical keyboards.

Among other innovations this app structures the text it picks up and enables the adjustment of the background colour and font size to improve its readability, as well as its storing, editing and subsequent sending, for example, via email or WhatsApp.

All the technology developed for ListenAll is integrated in version 3.0 of Ability Connect, a free communication application for the integration of students with disabilities.

Ability Connect makes it possible for several devices to communicate with one another via Bluetooth, without requiring an internet connection, although it can also be used with wifi or mobile data.

This app has advanced content visualisation features which are adapted to people with hearing deficiencies, impaired vision or dyslexia.

The application was launched in an event named “Entrepreneurship and Research in Digital Accessibility” which is took place on Thursday at the Alicante University, along with numerous other inventions linked to accessibility such as Navilens, which helps blind people with their mobility, AIUDO, a platform for the elderly, or Timpers, shoes designed for blind people.

ListenAll has the option of various languages and can be downloaded free via Google Play Store or App Store for Android or iOS respectively.