Smartphone speakers are annoying! Hearonymus quiet helps.

Everyone’s familiar with this scenario: You’re sitting in a waiting room, strolling through a museum, or wandering through the city. Suddenly, a tinny mix of speech, loud music, and other noises blares out in terrible quality. The phenomenon of using smartphone speakers in public spaces has gone from being an exception to the norm for many. It started with video calls, and now music, podcasts, videos, games, and more are consumed this way.

Most people find this development not only inconsiderate but also irritating. Hearonymus wants to make a small contribution to improving the situation, at least a little.

Just to clarify: Every smartphone has two speakers: one (or two) on the bottom of the phone, which we’ll call the “loud external speaker.” And then a small one on the front at the top (“quiet earpiece“), which you usually hold to your ear when making a call. With Hearonymus quiet, audio guides can only be heard through the phone’s built-in speaker or with headphones. This setting cannot be changed by the user, only by the client. Hearonymus quiet is available as an option for every audio guide and is already being used successfully by numerous museums, tourist information centres, churches, castles, and on city tours.

A brand-new feature is that Hearonymus quiet now also works with an “ear sensor,” meaning the audio plays as soon as you bring your phone to your ear and pauses when you remove it.

We are pleased to be making a quiet contribution to a more peaceful environment for others with Hearonymus quiet.