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Implementing a Push-To-Listen system

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CowonFTW:
This is really a continuation of Possible Hearing Aid Function.

Canalphones are great for blocking ambient noise, but in the course of walking around the city I have to pop out one side to talk frequently. Mostly to buy coffee.

JAny canalphone wearer can see the appeal of a PTL setup. I'm sure I'm not the only one. If I could tap the player and be able to hear people instead of pulling out one headphone and leaning sideways with a constipated look going "waaat?".

Besides, imagine the variants. One button (or hotspot) to listen, another to listen+record, etc. Or, one pauses the music, another just lowers the volume -80% of the mics' measured sound. Or quick tap toggles the mic on/off lock, where holding it more than a second it then becomes P-T-L and your music will resume when you release said button/hotspot.

Plausible, certainly. But I do not have the knowledge required to consider logistics, so I'll shut up now.
Thanks for reading.

MajiKool Dragonâ„¢:
i like your idea... i have the same issue using my headphones.

Gliderguy:
Same sentiment here.  I would like to see a new option in playback settings where pausing the player automatically went to push to listen mode until unpaused or until the shutdown timeout occurred.   Maybe have one subsetting where you can choose amount of amplifier gain/cut referenced to the volume setting.  My canalphones offer about 26 dB isolation so once I stop the music it is just like wearing mid-grade earplugs.   Great for mowing the yard-not so great for pausing the player to try to hear what someone is saying to you.

Llorean:
So, were you planning on pulling the player out of your pocket or wherever, and holding it up to their mouth to hear them?

Have you tried listening, in general, through the internal mic in your player to see how generally effective it is in various situations.

I have some suspicion this may not be as useful in the real world as it sounds in your heads.

Gliderguy:
My target is the Clip+ and is usually clipped to my collar or belt outside of my clothes.  I am sure there are lots of people who would use some kind of external case or armband, or if you are jogging you might be hand holding the device anyway.  Even in my pocket I could hear better than through the earplugs in  an informal test, although I concede if that were the only way I carried my device, it would be an impractical feature request.

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