Sound Alerts listens for you

Sound Alerts listens through your microphone for four sounds: your doorbell, knocking, a baby crying, and a dog barking. When it hears one, it flashes a big visual alert on your screen and vibrates your phone. You can also teach it your own doorbell's exact chime.

This is a home practice and convenience tool, not a safety device. Never rely on it for smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, or any emergency. It can miss sounds and misidentify them, and it only works while this app is open and listening.

Everything runs on your device: no audio is recorded, uploaded, or sent anywhere. Feedback is automatic and can be wrong. For real support, learn from the Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities linked on the Resources page.

Sound Alerts

Your microphone is analyzed on this device only: nothing is recorded, uploaded, or sent anywhere. The mic runs only while you are on the listening screen.

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    Honest limits: this is a home practice and convenience tool, not a safety device. Never rely on it for smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, or any emergency. It can miss sounds and misidentify them, and it only works while this app is open and listening. The mic turns fully off when you leave the listening screen or hide this tab.