Bristol station to trial multilingual announcements in Auracast pilot

The announcement on platform 2 will soon arrive via a new generation of Bluetooth

A new generation of Bluetooth technology is being tested at Bristol Temple Meads railway station, allowing passengers to receive translated and accessible travel information directly through their own connected devices. The trial combines Auracast, a broadcast audio technology built on Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio, with artificial intelligence to provide real-time translation, transcription and audio announcements. Developed by accessibility …

Bristol station to trial multilingual announcements in Auracast pilot

Station announcements at Bristol Temple Meads are to be made available in multiple languages, through a new pilot combining Bluetooth’s Auracast technology and artificial intelligence from the tech company XRAI. The post Bristol Temple Meads to trial multilingual train announcements in Auracast and AI pilot appeared first on Liam O'Dell.