Soundscape Community1.9 - App Store

Welcome to Soundscape Community.
We are a diverse consortium of organizations and individuals committed to improving access and inclusion for everyone, in partnership with a global community of users and open source developers.
We are delighted to make Soundscape Community available for people around the world. With the Soundscape Community app, you can immerse yourself in your surroundings and navigate effortlessly with its innovative spatial audio. The app calls out points of interest, individual markers that you have created or which have been shared with you, businesses and much more information by using audio placed in the environment around you so that you experience it as 3D sound when you walk or pass through different spaces and places.

Key features of Soundscape:
Audio cues in 3D space that sound like they are coming from the direction of points of interests, parks, roads and other features in your surroundings.
Track a specific point using an Audio Beacon on it to hear updates about where it is relative to you.
Soundscape Street Preview helps you build a picture of a place virtually. You can "walk" down streets and roads and hear what is around each location as you explore.
Buttons on the Home Screen can be used to explore further about what's around you, whether in the real world or in Street Preview.
To get the most out of the experience you will need a pair of stereo headphones that you feel comfortable wearing outdoors. For example, bone conduction headsets, Apple AirPods and in-ear open headphones have proven to work well. Soundscape is designed to live in the background and provide you with effortless ambient awareness; feel free to use it in conjunction with other apps such as podcasts, audio books, email and even GPS navigation.

Soundscape Community has been successfully used for Trail Orienteering by the Invictus Games Foundation; and is actively supporting customers around the world to make their spaces accessible and engaging for everyone.

We hope you enjoy the experience. We believe that this kind of technology offers a new way to relate to the environment around you and we can’t wait to hear what you make of it. If at any time you have any questions about Soundscape, please refer to the Help & Tutorials section available on the main menu or visit our website and access blogs and videos.

Version History Updated with the following new features:
- Ability to create a route file
- Tutorials for Audio beacon and Getting Started ported over to Swift storyboards
- Translation improvements 1.9 Aug 10 Users are now able to share Routes with other Soundscape Community users. 1.8.5 Jul 23 Enhances and improvement to the user interface regarding accessing and using NaviLens QR codes. Additionally, we have removed the 'Donate' button in the settings menu as it was redundant. 1.8.4 Jul 1 Previous build updated with missing translations! 1.8.3 May 29 This version has a number of exciting new capabilities we are keen to hear back from our user base on. Firstly, you are now able to set the angle of the beacon so that it is more narrower and precise. Simply go to the Settings menu and in Beacon settings you can adjust the angle of the ringing sound between 1-20 degrees.
And, we continue to improve our integration with NaviLens and have made it easier to active NaviLens directly when you are within range of a NaviLens code. 1.8.2 May 27 Language updates and tweaks to the user interface 1.8.1 Feb 4 Version 1.8 now allows the user to scroll through a list of Markers or Routes and has kept the tab bar at the top of the screen for familiarity and ease of access. It also fixes the bug that caused Soundscape Community to crash after a phone call! 1.8 Jan 27 Bug fix to address issue with recreational activities. 1.7.2 07/23/2025 Contains accessibility improvements to the integration with NaviLens designed to improve the flow from one app to the other.
Additionally, there are improvements to the text and translations. 1.7 05/29/2025 Soundscape Community integration with NaviLens with improved access to open NaviLens directly from Soundscape via the icon in the information card or options for each relevant point of interest. 1.3.2 04/09/2025 Link to NaviLens now available on the Soundscape Community home screen when within range of a NaviLens code. 1.3.1 04/03/2025 Integration with the original Bose Frames (Alto and Rondo) providing dynamic head tracking for an enhanced Soundscape Community experience.
Ability to draw on additional data source based on NaviLens enabled points of interest, bus stops, and landmarks. 1.3 03/19/2025 Updated pointer to website containing link where donations can be made in support of development of the app.
Translation improvements. 1.2.1 02/27/2025 Great new features on repeating the last callout, filtering the nearby places list, and adjust the distance to mute the audio beacon. 1.2 10/07/2024 Bug fixes, improvements to data handling, and Marker management. 1.1.3 06/06/2024 Improvements to the app, updated security settings, and addition of YouTube link to Soundscape Community channel in the 'About Soundscape' option in the Menu. 1.1.2 06/04/2024 Optimisations and enhancements to the core Soundscape experience. Additionally, we are introducing the Recreational Activities feature designed to allow the offline creation and import of routes which can then be shared with a Soundscape Community user, and which provide more information and details of the environment and surroundings. This was developed in close collaboration with Mobility Instructors to support them in the teaching and development of orientation and mobility skills for the range of different people they work with, including those who are blind or have low-vision, or developing navigation and wayfinding capabilities for everyone. 1.1 03/22/2024 In this update, you can share Markers and Routes between different devices. We have also updated the feedback email and look forward to receiving feedback. 1.0.1 11/07/2023 1.0 08/31/2023