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Letter: Can I mute real life now, please?

Published 22 July 2015

From Rod Buck

An app to mute irritating sounds in real life (27 June, p 24)? Bring it on! Over-loud background music in TV programmes and films. The parent with the screaming toddler who follows me around the supermarket. Those annoying sing-song announcements that are repeated continually in shops. Adverts. It can’t come quick enough for me.
Sheffield, UK

Issue no. 3031 published 25 July 2015

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