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From:   Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Jul 2023 11:07:05 -0700
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Subject: Re: Bluetooth for hearing aids support (ASHA)
To:     Stefnotch <brandmairstefan@gmail.com>
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Hi Stefnotch,

On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 6:49=E2=80=AFAM Stefnotch <brandmairstefan@gmail.co=
m> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I have hearing aids, which can be connected to devices that support
> the Bluetooth ASHA protocol.
> https://source.android.com/docs/core/connect/bluetooth/asha
> That protocol is open and somewhat well documented. However, it is
> only supported on Android devices at the moment. BlueZ on Linux does
> not appear to support it.
>
> The idea is with Bluetooth ASHA, one can stream audio from a computer
> directly to a pair of hearing aids. Without Bluetooth ASHA, I'm
> limited to using a battery powered, clumsy accessory from Cochlear.
>
>  I was wondering if it would be worthwhile to support that in BlueZ.
>
> For the record, this has been requested in the past, but hasn't
> progressed any further.
> https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/l54zku/accessibility_for=
_the_deaf/
> https://github.com/bluez/bluez/issues/481

Don't think there is any objection to having support for ASHA, the
problem is that most of the companies contributing to BlueZ are
focusing on LE Audio which supersedes ASHA, so the challenge is to
find someone to support this feature.

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Luiz Augusto von Dentz