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Sentien Audio — The open-ear headset that merges offline and online
Sentien Audio is the audio headset you can wear all day and it does not block your ears. You can control your device through tap, gesture, and voice controls—all on Sentien Audio. Put it on in the morning and forget about wearing it. Just like your wristwatch.
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@krizmarek Which part would you improve?
We wanted to use just the "pods" in front of the ears, but glue on skin is sub-optimal, as well as titanium screws. 😬
@krizmarek Hi, Thanks for the support. If you are interested in the music related usecase, you can read our blog about ambient music.
How rare is it to find products to still be excited about.. like back in the day of a gameboy color, ipod. Haha i am feeling the same about Sentien, innovation! Looking forward to order it and see how it is like in the video. Keep up the good work @Imrich & team. Curious to see if it has mainstream potential due to the practical advantages.
That is exactly what keeps us going @dashdennis! Looking forward to you trying out the headset 🙌
Hey everyone👋!
Imrich here, CEO of Sentien.
We are excited to introduce Sentien Audio -- an open-ear headset that merges offline and online realities. Just like smart glasses for your ears.
Solving human-computer interaction is one of the largest challenges we are facing. We wanted to call people, listen and watch content or use AI assistants without the need to take a phone out. We wanted to build a brain-computer interface or smart glasses but the technology is not there yet. So we focused on audio.
The current solutions were falling short on:
1. Availability (location specific) or
2. Compromised either online or offline reality (plugged ears or earphones out of ears).
An interface which is always available decreases these frictions. At first, we wanted to build only software but the existing open-ear headsets were falling short on basic functions.
We have been wearing and testing all form factors of open-ear headsets for more than 3 years every day. We implemented all learnings into Sentien Audio. The main points innovated on:
✅ Comfort: Ergonomic shape and adjustable fit
🎤 Microphone quality: Improved voice pickup & noise cancelling
🔋 24h+ battery life: 10h continuous play, up to 72h normal use
⚙️ 100% configurable via Sentien Connect app: Match gestures to your own actions, headset preferences, Over-the-air updates and more
We went through it all - concepts, mockups, prototypes, look-alike prototypes, works-like prototypes, working prototypes, pre-manufacturing. And now, we have raised more than $650,000 on Kickstarter.
Is Sentien Audio real? Yes! Our prototype was recently featured and tested by CNET:
Check out CNET review!
❤️🔥🐱 We like Product Hunt community so we added a limited Product Hunt Special reward (100 devices). At the end of the campaign we will refund further $20 from each headset from this tier. ($209 vs. $300 retail)
Thank you @dominikbalogh for hunting us. Feel free to ask anything!
Cheers,
Imrich
?makers - Hi, if I were to compare your headset to the Aftershokz Aeropex, what would be the main differentiator?
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@petradiener Hi Petra! That’s a great question! We have been testing and wearing various bone conduction headsets all day everyday for more than 3 years and we innovated on 4 main categories:
✅ Comfort: Ergonomic shape and adjustable fit
🎤 Microphone quality: Improved voice pickup & noise cancelling
🔋 24h+ battery life: 10h continuous play, up to 72h normal use
⚙️ 100% configurable via Sentien Connect app: Match gestures to your own actions, headset preferences, Over-the-air updates and more to improved your headset as you go.
Don't hesitate and take a look on Sentien Audio CNET review -> https://www.cnet.com/news/sentie... ... maybe it will explain you the qualities better.
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@good_lly hey, thanks for the additional info. Unfortunately, he's not comparing them to the Aeropex. But don't worry, I'll keep an eye on you 😉
@petradiener @good_lly Hi, "4 main categories" It`s good, it`s not very important and not critical. Aftershokz battery life is very good.
The most important problem for Aftershokz and for your design:
1) It a case when you don`t want to hear sounds around you
2) The arch on the back of the head rests against the back of a chair or sofa and moves the headphones
If you fix this, you create something really new with your killer feature and unique value proposition.
Right now it's a simple copy-paste in a new design with different values of parameters.
@good_lly @viktor_kom_viktorcor_ Even though I have to add, being able to still be in touch with the world around me is what I appreciate so much with my Aeropex. And reg. the arch around the neck... well, yes, that's indeed something they could improve.
Seems like a great product! And that's one awesome ad for a new product. It looks like a less-posh Apple ad :)
@georgi_nikolov1 Hi, thanks for the support! Yes... our video-production team is amazing.
The Sentien headset looks amazing! Great job with the design & the whole presentation. 👏
I can’t wait to listen to how they sound. 🎧
@themaxkozlov 🚀 Glad you are liking the design! Let me know if there are any questions or I should elaborate on any point from above.
Imrich and team, hats off! Makes me smile to see how far you've come with Sentien since we spoke about it back in uni many years ago. Keep up the good work, bright future lays ahead!
Looking forward to try audio quality and how good mics are. I'm wondering if this could also help hearing impaired. Good luck hunting :)
@ondrej_rohon1 Bone conduction sends audio directly to your inner ear, bypassing your eardrum. As long as the cochlea is healthy and intact, you’ll be able to hear it even with a damaged eardrum.
Can’t wait to try your James Bond like ad was awesome. I’m an actor in Hollywood would love to work with you on spreading awareness of the product
@jesse_heiman1 Thanks for the message Jesse! - Saved your contact and I will get in touch when applicable. 🚀
Congratulations on a solid start Imrich and team! Looking forward to getting my set :-)
Love the promo video - and love this for the folks I know with tiny ears who hate modern earbuds! Congrats on the launch!
Extremely impressive product and campaign! 👏🏻 I wouldn't have expected anything else from you though 😜 @imrichvalachjr
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@begum_bayram but you can see it from the positive perspective - you will get the discount on price! #winning
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