Afrikaans live captions and productivity tool for deaf and HoH people.
Follow any Afrikaans conversation, meeting or lecture. Supports Standard Afrikaans and major South African varieties.
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Everything you need to follow any Afrikaans conversation
Four tools built specifically for deaf and hard of hearing Afrikaans speakers.
Real-Time Afrikaans Speech to Text
- Afrikaans captions, word by word
- Works in noisy places
- Supports Standard Afrikaans and major South African varieties
- No lip reading needed
Translate Afrikaans in Real Time
- Translates Afrikaans as they speak
- Each person speaks their own language
- Handles mid-sentence switches
- Supports Standard Afrikaans and major South African varieties
Transcribe Any Afrikaans Audio or Video
- Any Afrikaans audio or video file
- Organized by speaker
- Supports Standard Afrikaans and major South African varieties
- Read, copy, search, share
Turn Afrikaans Transcripts into Summaries
- Key points from Afrikaans meetings
- Action items extracted
- Works on any Afrikaans transcript
- Organized into sections
Works in every situation
Designed for the real moments that matter — not just quiet controlled environments.
Most Afrikaans conversations happen fast, at normal pace, without warning. Captio AI captions every word as it's spoken, so you can follow without asking anyone to repeat themselves.
🤟Communicating with Deaf & HoHHearing people often don't know how to adapt when talking with deaf or hard of hearing Afrikaans speakers. Captio AI turns their speech into real-time captions, so the conversation can happen naturally on both sides.
💼MeetingsIn Afrikaans meetings, decisions happen fast and people talk over each other. Captio AI captions every speaker as they talk, so you never miss a decision or a question directed at you.
🎓LecturesAfrikaans lecturers speak quickly, cover complex material, and rarely repeat themselves. Captio AI gives you a live transcript of everything said, so you can follow the content instead of straining to hear it.
🏥Doctor AppointmentsDoctors speak quickly in Afrikaans and use clinical language that's easy to mishear. Captio AI shows you everything they say in real time, so you can follow your diagnosis and ask the right questions.
🤝Job InterviewsMissing a question in a Afrikaans interview means answering wrong or asking for a repeat. Captio AI shows you every word the interviewer says, so you can focus entirely on your answer.
📱Phone & Video CallsAfrikaans phone and video calls are harder to follow than in-person conversations. No lip reading, often poor audio quality. Captio AI captions whoever is speaking in real time, so you do not need to ask for repeats.
👥Group SettingsIn Afrikaans group conversations, multiple people talk at once and the thread moves fast. Captio AI keeps up with whoever is speaking, so you can follow without losing where the conversation is going.
🍽️Restaurants & CafesBackground noise in Afrikaans-speaking restaurants and cafes makes speech hard to follow. Captio AI focuses on whoever is speaking to you, so you can have a real conversation through the noise.
✈️TravelingIn Afrikaans-speaking cities, airports, and hotels there is no margin for mishearing. Captio AI captions speech in real time, so you can navigate confidently wherever you go.
🎤Conferences & EventsAt Afrikaans conferences, speakers are far away, acoustics are unpredictable, and you cannot ask for a repeat. Captio AI gives you a live transcript of every speaker, so you can follow the full event from any seat.
📺TV & MediaBuilt-in subtitles on Afrikaans TV, films, and videos are often wrong, delayed, or missing. Captio AI captions whatever is playing in real time, so you are not dependent on what the content provides.
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Supports Standard Afrikaans and major South African varieties.
Kaaps dialect
Cape Afrikaans — spoken by Cape Malay and Coloured communities across the Cape Peninsula and Western Cape. The historically first Afrikaans variety, with strong Malay, Khoisan, and Portuguese influence from the 17th-century Cape Colony slave community. One of the most vibrant and distinct Afrikaans varieties. Captio AI handles Kaaps accurately.
Oranjerivier dialect
Orange River Afrikaans — the oldest documented Afrikaans variety, spoken along the Orange River in the Northern Cape and associated with Griqua, Khoekhoe, Nama, and San communities. The ancestral form from which many Afrikaans varieties descended. Captio AI handles Oranjerivier dialect accurately.
Griekwa dialect
Griqua Afrikaans — spoken by the Griqua people of the Northern Cape (Griquatown, Campbell). A sub-variety of Orange River Afrikaans with a distinct community identity. Captio AI handles Griekwa dialect accurately in conversational speech.
Oosgrens dialect
Eastern Border Afrikaans — spoken in the Eastern Cape and Karoo. Developed from the frontier communities of the 18th century, with a flatter pronunciation of the vowel 'a' compared to Cape varieties. Captio AI handles Oosgrens dialect accurately.
Namibiese dialect
Namibian Afrikaans — Afrikaans is the most widely spoken home language in Namibia. The Namibian variety has some distinct vocabulary from South African Afrikaans. Captio AI handles Namibiese dialect accurately alongside Standard Afrikaans.
Captio AI supports 60+ languages
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Gone the moment it ends
Captio AI processes your Afrikaans audio in real time and discards it immediately. Nothing is recorded. Nothing is kept.
Not a product
Your conversations are not something Captio AI sells, shares, or monetizes — to anyone, for any reason.
Not used to train anything
What you say in a Afrikaans doctor's appointment or job interview never ends up in a training dataset. Not ours. Not anyone else's.
Hearing accessibility for Afrikaans speakers
Afrikaans is spoken primarily in South Africa and Namibia. The deaf community in South Africa uses South African Sign Language (SASL), which became the country's twelfth official language in May 2023 after decades of advocacy. Around one million people use SASL. A separately developed Signed Afrikaans also exists — manually coded to follow Afrikaans grammar — but this is not the natural sign language of the deaf community.
South Africa has around 40 schools for the deaf, most using SASL alongside written English or Afrikaans to build literacy. The country's multilingual context means deaf people from Afrikaans-speaking communities often encounter both Afrikaans and English in formal settings.
For hard of hearing Afrikaans speakers, the fast-paced Cape vernacular and constant switching between Afrikaans and English makes conversations difficult to follow. Captio AI handles Afrikaans-English code-switching naturally and captions spoken Afrikaans in real time.
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"My team in Cape Town uses Afrikaans and English in every meeting. Captio AI handles both. I use it every day."
"SASL interpreters are not available for most situations. Captio AI gives me a way to follow spoken Afrikaans when I need to."
"My hearing started declining three years ago. I use Captio AI in Cape Town for work meetings and appointments."
"Doctor appointments in South Africa move fast. Captio AI shows me everything in real time."
"Captio AI handles Afrikaans-English code-switching accurately. I use it in every situation where I need to follow speech."
"I live in Windhoek and Afrikaans is my first language. Captio AI is accurate and fast. I use it at work and at appointments."
"My team in Cape Town uses Afrikaans and English in every meeting. Captio AI handles both. I use it every day."
"SASL interpreters are not available for most situations. Captio AI gives me a way to follow spoken Afrikaans when I need to."
"My hearing started declining three years ago. I use Captio AI in Cape Town for work meetings and appointments."
"Doctor appointments in South Africa move fast. Captio AI shows me everything in real time."
"Captio AI handles Afrikaans-English code-switching accurately. I use it in every situation where I need to follow speech."
"I live in Windhoek and Afrikaans is my first language. Captio AI is accurate and fast. I use it at work and at appointments."
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