Captio AI
🦻 Accessibility + 💻 Productivity App

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

Follow any Estonian conversation, meeting or lecture. Supports Standard Estonian and major dialect groups.

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Captio AI app showing live captions in Estonian
Use Cases

Works in every situation

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

💬Everyday Conversations

Most Estonian 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 Estonian speakers. Captio AI turns their speech into real-time captions, so the conversation can happen naturally on both sides.

💼Meetings

In Estonian 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

Estonian 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 Estonian 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 Estonian 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

Estonian 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 Estonian 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 Estonian-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 Estonian-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 Estonian 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 Estonian 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

Estonian dialect & accent support

Supports Standard Estonian and major dialect groups.

Keskmurre dialect

Central North Estonian — spoken in Tallinn and across northern Estonia. The basis for Standard Estonian (Eesti kirjakeel) used in media, education, and official communication. Captio AI handles Keskmurre with full accuracy.

Saarte dialect

Island Estonian — spoken on Saaremaa, Hiiumaa, and the smaller western islands. The most distinct North Estonian variety, with archaic phonological features preserved by island geography. Has a strong regional identity and distinct intonation. Captio AI handles Saarte dialect accurately.

Läänemurre dialect

Western Estonian — spoken in Läänemaa and Pärnumaa on the western mainland coast. Has Swedish loanwords from centuries of contact with the Baltic German and coastal Swedish communities. Captio AI handles Läänemurre accurately in everyday conversational speech.

Võru dialect

South Estonian — spoken in the Võru and Põlva region of southeastern Estonia. So different from Standard Estonian in grammar, phonology, and vocabulary that it is often classified as a separate language. Has its own literary tradition and official orthography. Captio AI handles educated Võru speech; very heavy dialect features may reduce accuracy.

Seto dialect

Spoken in the southeastern Setomaa region bordering Russia — closely related to Võru but distinct in cultural identity, with the Seto people historically Orthodox Christian (unlike most Estonians). Sometimes classified as a separate language. Captio AI handles Standard Estonian most reliably; Seto features may reduce accuracy significantly.

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Privacy

What you hear stays with you.

Gone the moment it ends

Captio AI processes your Estonian 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 Estonian 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 Estonian speakers

Eesti viipekeel (EVK)

Estonian Sign Language (eesti viipekeel, EVK) was officially recognized on 1 March 2007 through the Language Act, which treats EVK as an independent language — not a generic 'sign language' — on par with other languages of Estonia. Around 2,000 deaf people use EVK as a first language. The foundation of Estonian deaf education traces to 1866, when pastor Ernst Sokolovski established the first deaf school in Vändra, creating the institutional basis from which EVK developed as a unified language.

The Estonian Sign Language Society (Eesti Viipekeele Selts) was founded in November 2020 to promote and develop EVK. The University of Tartu and the Estonian Deaf Association have been key institutions in research and advocacy. Estonia also has a community of Russian Sign Language users, reflecting the Russian-speaking minority.

For hard of hearing Estonian speakers, services are concentrated in Tallinn and Tartu, and access becomes more limited in smaller towns. South Estonian varieties — Võru and Seto — differ significantly from Standard Estonian, adding complexity for hearing-impaired people navigating regional speech. Captio AI provides real-time Estonian captions across all regions.

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Reviews

People love Captio AI

"My team in Tallinn speaks fast Estonian. I put Captio AI on the table and read everything as it happens."

Liis 🇪🇪
liis.m***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Tallinn

"EVK is my language but most hearing people do not sign. Captio AI gives me a way to follow spoken Estonian in any situation."

Andres 🇪🇪
andres.k***@gmail.com
Deaf, Tartu

"My hearing started declining last year. I use Captio AI in Tallinn for work meetings and medical appointments."

Kadi 🇪🇪
kadi.p***@gmail.com
Progressive hearing loss, Tallinn

"Doctor appointments in Estonia are fast. Captio AI shows me everything in real time."

Priit 🇪🇪
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Hard of hearing, Pärnu

"I live in Finland but Estonian is my home language. Captio AI follows Estonian conversations accurately at normal speed."

Kertu 🇫🇮
kertu.v***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Helsinki

"My team in Tallinn speaks fast Estonian. I put Captio AI on the table and read everything as it happens."

Liis 🇪🇪
liis.m***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Tallinn

"EVK is my language but most hearing people do not sign. Captio AI gives me a way to follow spoken Estonian in any situation."

Andres 🇪🇪
andres.k***@gmail.com
Deaf, Tartu

"My hearing started declining last year. I use Captio AI in Tallinn for work meetings and medical appointments."

Kadi 🇪🇪
kadi.p***@gmail.com
Progressive hearing loss, Tallinn

"Doctor appointments in Estonia are fast. Captio AI shows me everything in real time."

Priit 🇪🇪
priit.s***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Pärnu

"I live in Finland but Estonian is my home language. Captio AI follows Estonian conversations accurately at normal speed."

Kertu 🇫🇮
kertu.v***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Helsinki

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