I bought a pair of Anker Soundbuds sport in-ear earbuds recently. They come with several different earbud and ear hook sizes. There is very, very little lag with Voiceover and the sound is quite good. The playtime isn't great, but if you parcel it out carefully you can do a lot with it. They retail for about $30, well worth it in my opinion. I also purchased a bluetooth keyboard from them which works great.
On 1/27/17, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > I have tried a bunch of different bluetooth earpieces, stereo headsets and > speakers, some expensive others not so and some with the latest bluetooth > version and others with Bluetooth 2.1. I found that just because a device > says it has Bluetooth 4.0 or 4.1 does not mean it is more responsive. One > example was the Plantronics Backbeat Sense I think it was called. A rather > expensive, very nice sounding stereo bluetooth headset. It has Bluetooth > 4.0, but the lag was so bad that is was unuseable with Voiceover. My 5-year > old first generation Outdoor Tech OT DJ Slims which aren't even available > any more and which I received as a sample at a trade show (they retailed for > around $50 for a stereo headset) use Bluetooth 2.1 and they are as > responsive as it gets. > The Voyager Edge I would classify also int hat category, as responsive as it > gets because a bluetooth headset, earpiece or speaker without lag does not > exist at this point. > When you turn them on the voice of the headset says the remaining talk time > (max is 6 hours) and then it will say "Phone 1 connected". I also have it > paired to my Apple Watch, so it says "Phone 1 connected", then there is a > beep and almost instantly it goes on to say "Phone 2 Connected". > Then in the status bar of the iPhone it says "Headphones connected" and if > you swipe right once from there it will give you the battery level, just > checked and as the headset said "Talk time 5 hours" the status line display > says "Bluetooth battery 81%". > It works beautifully with my iPhone and Apple Watch, the switching is very > quick and if I am, for example, listening to a book on my phone and a > notification comes in on the watch I get the sound in the headset, the book > pauses at that point and a cople of seconds later it resumes playing the > book. > The headset also senses if it's in your ear, if you are playing a book or > music it will pause when you take it out of your ear and resume when you put > it back and it has voice commands for when a phone call comes in, all I have > to say is "Answer" and it will pick up the call without me ever touching the > earpiece. > You can invoke SIRI and push and hold the little button on the boom for > play/pause. > Currently I think this is a much better option than the Airpods, yes, it is > an earpiece and not stereo earbuds, but it apparently works so much better > with Voiceover on an iPhone and Apple watch together. I tried out the > Airpods and they sound awesome, they are super small and light and I'd love > to have a pair, but until you can control volume and have play/pause and > forward/rewind capability via touch controls on the Airpods I won't spend > that much money. Given how often you hear this also from the main stream > press I wouldn't be surprised if Apple would release a second generation of > the Airpods this fall which have all of these features. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Feliciano Godoy > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 7:30 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: bluetooth earbud recommendations? > > Siehgard, > How was the VoiceOver performance with the Plantronics Voyager Edge? Any > Lag with VoiceOver also, does this device provide any feedback about whether > it is paired or battery status? > Regards, > Feliciano > For tech tips and updates, LIKE > www.facebook.com/theblindman12v<http://www.facebook.com/theblindman12v> > Follow > www.twitter.com/theblindman12v<http://www.twitter.com/theblindman12v> > > On Dec 16, 2016, at 1:18 PM, Sieghard Weitzel > <siegh...@live.ca<mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote: > Plantronics Voyager Edge. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com<mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to > viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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