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Sonarity is an Android-based app designed for commercially available smartwatches to provide glanceable, always-available, and private sound feedback in multiple contexts. Sonarity informs users about three key sound properties: sound identity, loudness, and time of occurrence through customizable sound alerts using visual and vibrational feedback. We use a deep learning-based sound classification engine (running on either the watch or on the paired phone or cloud) to continually sense and process sound events in real-time. Asivate is solving the challenge of exclusion and limited opportunity for people with disabilities (or those whose mobility or circumstances limit them). Through storytelling, networking, and platform tools, it helps them regain agency, visibility, and access to opportunities they otherwise couldn’t.Sonarity is an Android-based app designed for commercially available smartwatches to provide glanceable, always-available, and private sound feedback in multiple contexts. Sonarity informs users about three key sound properties: sound identity, loudness, and time of occurrence through customizable sound alerts using visual and vibrational feedback. We use a deep learning-based sound classification engine (running on either the watch or on the paired phone or cloud) to continually sense and process sound events in real-time. Asivate is solving the challenge of exclusion and limited opportunity for people with disabilities (or those whose mobility or circumstances limit them). Through storytelling, networking, and platform tools, it helps them regain agency, visibility, and access to opportunities they otherwise couldn’t.