The world's most advanced bat detector just got a whole lot better

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The Echo Meter Touch 2 is available in two models:

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The Echo Meter Touch 2 for hobbyists

 

The original Echo Meter Touch was designed for bat professionals, but it was quickly realized that bat hobbyists were interested too – but not with the professional price tag. Echo Meter Touch 2 changes that by offering many of the features previously available only to professionals – at less than half the price.

Now, every bat enthusiast can use their Android or iOS device to discover, identify and study all the bats in their area. They can listen, record, and share. They even get the same automatic species ID features as the pros. It's fun, educational, and now – very affordable.

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The Echo Meter Touch 2 PRO for professional ecologists and serious bat workers

 

Designed for professionals who need the highest quality recordings, the new Echo Meter Touch 2 PRO features a state-of-the-art ultrasonic microphone capable of sample rates of 256kHz and 384kHz, creating best-in-class, 16-bit full-spectrum recordings.

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The updated Echo Meter Touch app for Android and iOS features pro-only options including adjustable gain and advanced trigger settings – and of course, the latest Kaleidoscope Pro auto-ID classifiers for bats species in North America, the UK, Europe, the Neotropics and South Africa.

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Built-in Kaleidoscope classifiers suggest the top bat species match in real-time. Data is displayed real-time via information-rich, highly configurable, full-colour spectrograms. GPS enabled devices tag each recording with exact location. Recordings can easily be transferred to any computer for further analysis and reporting.

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At these prices, there's no other professional bat research tool that offers this combination of portability, high-quality recording, species identification, and high-detail spectrogram analysis capabilities.

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“Overall the Touch is an awesome piece of kit… for the professional bat worker I’d say it’s a no brainer.”– Martin O’Connor, ARBTECH

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The Echo Meter app is free, and available right now in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. It comes pre-loaded with sample recordings, letting you experience many of the advantages Echo Meter Touch will bring to your bat research. Download the app today to see for yourself why Echo Meter Touch is quickly becoming the portable tool of choice for bat biologists all over the world.

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The Ultrasonic Module

Simply plug the Ultrasonic Module into your compatible Android or iOS device and immediately start monitoring, recording and analysing bat echolocations. The Ultrasonic Module is compact enough to slip into a shirt pocket, it is made up of premium grade ultrasonic sensor, custom preamp and gain circuitry, an analog-to-digital converter and a microprocessor. The microprocessor streams the data in real-time to your compatible device.

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The Echo Meter Touch App

The full-colour spectrogram is incredibly detailed and easy to view. You can scroll through call data with a swipe of your finger. Pinch and zoom the spectrograms for different views while you continue to monitor and record. Listen to sample recordings.

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Combined with the Ultrasonic Module, the Echo Meter Touch app has everything you need to monitor, record and identify bats in the field. The app lets you listen to bats in real-time and simultaneously view them on a full-color spectrogram and waveform plot. Wildlife Acoustics' patented Real-Time Expansion (RTE) lets you listen to echolocations in real-time while maintaining the timing and tonality of the bat echolocation. You can also listen to prior echolocations using RTE or traditional time expansion (slow playback).

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If you have a device that is GPS enabled, Echo Meter Touch will tag your recordings with useful location data. The free Echo Meter Touch app is available on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. It includes two bat recordings that let you start practicing with your Android or iOS device right away.  

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The app can transfer full spectrum .wav recordings to your computer over a wireless network or cabled connection. Using Wi-Fi, Echo Meter Touch bundles the recordings in a compressed .zip folder and allows downloads by entering a URL in a web browser. Combined with the Auto-ID upgrade, you can identify the species of the bat in the recording and export it with the recording. The integral Bat Auto-ID feature uses the latest Kaleidoscope Pro classifiers to suggest the most likely bat species match in real-time. This makes the Echo Meter Touch a very powerful, fast and convenient tool for on-site professional bat work.

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NOTE: Auto ID is intended for use in analysing recordings of single bats in free flight, low clutter environments. On average, more than half of such recordings will result in classifications with 80% accuracy. Recordings of roost emergence, multiple bats, captive bats, bats in high-clutter environments or bat social calls are not suitable for Auto ID and results may not be accurate.

 

Battery Run Time:* Varies depending on device.

Audio Sample Rate: 256k samples per second (EMT2); 256k or 384k samples per second (EMT2 PRO);
Sensor Type: Weather Resistant and Omnidirectional microphone (new ultra-quiet microphone for PRO);
Maximum Recording Frequency: 128 kHz (EMT2); 192 kHz (EMT2 PRO);
Recording Format: 16 bit full-spectrum WAV;
Ultrasonic Module Dimensions: 1.9” (48mm) wide, 1.4” (35mm) long (1.7” (43mm) with USB-C), 0.29" - 0.62” (7.3mm - 15.8mm) thick;
Ultrasonic Module Weight: 0.7 ounces (20 g);
Enclosure Material: Rugged ABS/polycarbonate housing with an integrated acoustical horn;
Warranty: 1.5 years (2.5 years from me) - microphones 1.5 years.

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*Results will vary depending upon device settings like brightness and GPS.

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If you're not sure whether the Echo Meter Touch 2 is the one for you, just give me a call on 0333 9000 927, or drop me an email.