Another round of updates. Both projects to get ASHA in Linux are active. As a reminder one is to get streaming right now, the other one is to integrate it into the system so you won’t have to do anything to set it up.
- I’m using it daily now to stream stuff and to take teams/zoom calls from my laptop. It can be unstable at times but it’s being ironed out continuously
- For reasons yet unknown to me the sound quality [especially noticeable with music] is significantly better than streaming from the phone. It’s curious since it’s still the same audio codec. It was noted by a few people already.
One person noted that it sounds better than being connected through manufacturer’s accessories, plus the delay/latency is obviously lower [because we’re directly connected to the laptop] - it’s possible to control the outside mics/environmental loudness, as well as streaming volume [so you can mute the mics when streaming]. And it’s quick, as opposed to the incredibly sluggish app from Signia I have to deal with.
Additionally, apparently most of the brands support natively 250 steps of volume for the mics and 150 for streaming. While the phone app [in the case of Signia] offers 8 steps for both…
Currently tested brands are as follows: Oticon, Signia, Starkey, MED-EL
