The National Centre for Accessible Transport (ncat) is inviting people in the UK to help shape accessible transport priorities at a South East roundtable in Brighton – home of the country’s first permanent railway station Auracast transmitter. The roundtable takes place in early November and will be led by Dr Emma Partlow, ncat Chief Executive and a leader in accessible transport....
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No actionable change — this is a public engagement event notice, though audiologists in the UK South East may wish to attend to advocate for hearing accessibility in transport.
The deployment of the UK's first permanent Auracast railway station transmitter is a concrete milestone for real-world assistive listening infrastructure that directly benefits hearing aid users.
- 01ncat is hosting a South East roundtable in Brighton to shape accessible transport priorities.
- 02Brighton station hosts the UK's first permanent Auracast railway station transmitter.
- 03Auracast is a Bluetooth-based audio broadcast technology compatible with modern hearing aids and earbuds.
- 04The event invites UK residents to contribute to accessibility policy discussions.
- 05This represents an early real-world deployment of Auracast in public transport infrastructure.
Brighton hosts the UK's first permanent Auracast railway station transmitter.
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