Captio AI
🦻 Accessibility + 💻 Productivity App

Albanian live captions and productivity tool for deaf and HoH people.

Follow any Albanian conversation, meeting or lecture. Supports Standard Albanian and both Tosk and Gheg dialect groups.

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Use Cases

Works in every situation

Designed for the real moments that matter — not just quiet controlled environments.

💬Everyday Conversations

Most Albanian 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 & HoH

Hearing people often don't know how to adapt when talking with deaf or hard of hearing Albanian speakers. Captio AI turns their speech into real-time captions, so the conversation can happen naturally on both sides.

💼Meetings

In Albanian 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.

🎓Lectures

Albanian 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 Appointments

Doctors speak quickly in Albanian 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 Interviews

Missing a question in a Albanian 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 Calls

Albanian 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 Settings

In Albanian 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 & Cafes

Background noise in Albanian-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.

✈️Traveling

In Albanian-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 & Events

At Albanian 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 & Media

Built-in subtitles on Albanian 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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Dialect & Accent Support

Albanian dialect & accent support

Supports Standard Albanian and both Tosk and Gheg dialect groups.

Toskërishtja dialect

Southern Albanian — spoken in the cities of Berat, Fier, Korçë, and across southern Albania. The basis for Standard Albanian (Gjuha shqipe standarde). Has distinct vowel sounds and no nasal vowels, unlike Gheg. Captio AI handles Toskërishtja with full accuracy.

Gegërishtja dialect

Northern Albanian — spoken north of the Shkumbin River in Shkodër, Tirana, and rural northern Albania. Has nasal vowels and distinct phonology from Tosk. Tirana, the capital, is in the Gheg zone. Captio AI handles Gegërishtja accurately.

Shkodrane dialect

Northwestern Gheg — spoken in Shkodër and the surrounding mountain region. Considered one of the most distinct Gheg varieties, with conservative features. Shkodrani Albanian has historically been a cultural centre of Gheg literature and poetry. Captio AI handles Shkodrane dialect accurately.

Kosovare dialect

Kosovo Gheg — spoken by over 1.8 million people in Kosovo and Serbian communities. A Gheg variety with some Serbian loanwords from centuries of coexistence. The most widely spoken Albanian variety outside Albania. Captio AI handles Kosovare dialect accurately.

Maqedonishte dialect

Macedonian Albanian — spoken by around 600,000 Albanians in North Macedonia, primarily in the Tetovo, Gostivar, and Debar areas. A Gheg variety with some Macedonian vocabulary influence. Captio AI handles Maqedonishte dialect accurately alongside Standard Albanian.

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Privacy

What you hear stays with you.

Gone the moment it ends

Captio AI processes your Albanian 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 Albanian doctor's appointment or job interview never ends up in a training dataset. Not ours. Not anyone else's.

100% PRIVATE
Accessibility

Hearing accessibility for Albanian speakers

Gjuha e shenjave shqipe (AlbSL)

Albanian Sign Language was officially recognized in 2014. Albania's deaf community is unusual in one documented respect: it is described as a community without deaf signing families — meaning very few deaf children grow up in households where sign language is already used. This is uncommon globally, and it has contributed to delays in natural sign language acquisition across generations.

A 2015 national survey found that the majority of deaf people in Albania do not have sufficient command of Albanian Sign Language, largely due to delayed access to the language, linguistic isolation, and the absence of structured bilingual education. The Albanian National Association of the Deaf (ANAD) has been working to build a stronger deaf community and raise awareness of AlbSL.

For hard of hearing Albanian speakers in Albania and Kosovo, formal accessibility support in hospitals and government offices is very limited. Captio AI provides a way to follow spoken Albanian in real time in both countries, as well as in the large Albanian diaspora communities in Italy and Germany.

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Reviews

People love Captio AI

"My team in Tirana speaks fast Albanian. Captio AI captions every speaker as they talk. I use it in every meeting."

Arta 🇦🇱
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Hard of hearing, Tirana

"AlbSL is not widely known. Captio AI gives me a way to follow spoken Albanian in any formal situation."

Besnik 🇦🇱
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Deaf, Shkodër

"I live in Pristina and speak Kosovo Albanian. Captio AI handles it accurately for everyday conversation."

Vjosa 🇽🇰
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Hard of hearing, Pristina

"My hearing started declining last year. I use Captio AI in Tirana for work and doctor appointments."

Erion 🇦🇱
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Progressive hearing loss, Tirana

"I live in Italy but Albanian is my first language. Captio AI handles Albanian at normal conversation speed accurately."

Drita 🇮🇹
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Hard of hearing, Italy

"I live in Germany but Albanian is my home language. Captio AI follows Albanian conversations accurately at family gatherings."

Artan 🇩🇪
artan.g***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Germany

"My team in Tirana speaks fast Albanian. Captio AI captions every speaker as they talk. I use it in every meeting."

Arta 🇦🇱
arta.k***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Tirana

"AlbSL is not widely known. Captio AI gives me a way to follow spoken Albanian in any formal situation."

Besnik 🇦🇱
besnik.m***@gmail.com
Deaf, Shkodër

"I live in Pristina and speak Kosovo Albanian. Captio AI handles it accurately for everyday conversation."

Vjosa 🇽🇰
vjosa.h***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Pristina

"My hearing started declining last year. I use Captio AI in Tirana for work and doctor appointments."

Erion 🇦🇱
erion.s***@gmail.com
Progressive hearing loss, Tirana

"I live in Italy but Albanian is my first language. Captio AI handles Albanian at normal conversation speed accurately."

Drita 🇮🇹
drita.b***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Italy

"I live in Germany but Albanian is my home language. Captio AI follows Albanian conversations accurately at family gatherings."

Artan 🇩🇪
artan.g***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Germany

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