Spotify will start providing automated transcripts for podcasts
May 18, 2021 14:34 EDT with 0 comments
Spotify has been continually working to make its offering accessible for all its users needs, and today s update seems to fixate on just that. The latest push, which brings updates to Spotify on iOS and Android, features buttons with enhanced readability capabilities, options to resize text, and a beta version for transcribing podcasts. These changes are expected to roll out in the coming weeks.
Buttons are being revamped, so users may notice a change in their color, text formatting, and size. This is being done to make it easier for those with visual disabilities to engage with these buttons. The change in text formatting from all caps will bring support for more language in the future. Right now, Spotify supports more than 60 languages.
Apple Music to get Spatial Audio with support for Dolby Atmos, lossless audio starting June
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Apple to add lossless audio to Apple Music at no additional cost
Apple has announced that it is adding some new features to its music streaming service Apple Music. Starting next month, users will find some new options, such as spatial audio with support for Dolby Atmos as well as lossless audio files.
Spotify recently announced a new high-end subscription tier with CD-quality, lossless audio files. But Spotify HiFi isn’t included in Spotify Premium by itself. You’ll have to pay a bit more money to stream lossless audio. Pricing hasn’t been disclosed yet.
Apple’s move is a bit different, as lossless audio is going to be included in the basic Apple Music subscription tier. For $9.99 per month, you’ll be able to choose between various audio quality settings. By default, Apple and other streaming services compress audio files so that it doesn’t require a lot of bandwidth.
It s Official Apple Music s Getting Hifi Streaming
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Rumors had it that Apple would soon launch hifi audio streaming for Apple Music and they were true. Today, Apple announced it’s bringing both spatial audio with Dolby Atmos
and lossless audio to its music streaming service in June.
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Apple adding this to Apple Music isn’t exactly surprising. Apple’s been leaning into spatial audio for a while now, with both the AirPods Pro and AirPods Max supporting the format. For the uninitiated, Dolby Atmos is a format that allows creatives to mix music in a more immersive way. It’s sort of like creating a sound bubble around you. The nice thing is that so long as you have Apple headphones with an H1 or W1 chip, you’re good to go. So long as a track is recorded in Atmos, and you have the hardware to support spatial audio, Apple Music will automatically play the highest-level quality. This goes for the built-in speakers on the latest iPhones, iPad, and
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