French live captions and productivity tool for deaf and HoH people.
Follow any French conversation, meeting or lecture. Supports Standard French, Québécois French, Belgian French, and African French.
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Everything you need to follow any French conversation
Four tools built specifically for deaf and hard of hearing French speakers.
Real-Time French Speech to Text
- French captions, word by word
- Works in noisy places
- Supports Standard French, Québécois French, Belgian French, and African French
- No lip reading needed
Translate French in Real Time
- Translates French as they speak
- Each person speaks their own language
- Handles mid-sentence switches
- Supports Standard French, Québécois French, Belgian French, and African French
Transcribe Any French Audio or Video
- Any French audio or video file
- Organized by speaker
- Supports Standard French, Québécois French, Belgian French, and African French
- Read, copy, search, share
Turn French Transcripts into Summaries
- Key points from French meetings
- Action items extracted
- Works on any French transcript
- Organized into sections
Works in every situation
Designed for the real moments that matter — not just quiet controlled environments.
Most French 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 French speakers. Captio AI turns their speech into real-time captions, so the conversation can happen naturally on both sides.
💼MeetingsIn French 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.
🎓LecturesFrench 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 French 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 French 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 CallsFrench 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 French 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 French-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 French-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 French 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 French 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 French, Québécois French, Belgian French, and African French.
Parisien dialect
Standard French (Français standard) — the Parisian variety used in national broadcasting, education, and formal communication worldwide. The prestige form across all French-speaking countries. Captio AI handles Parisien French with full accuracy.
Méridional dialect
Southern French spoken across Occitania — Toulouse, Marseille, Montpellier, and Nice. Has a distinct accent with open pronunciation of nasal vowels and a musical intonation shaped by centuries of Occitan influence. Captio AI handles Méridional French accurately.
Québécois dialect
Spoken by 8 million people in Québec — substantially different from European French in vowels, intonation, and vocabulary. Includes the joual variety of everyday Montréal speech. Captio AI handles Québécois accurately, including informal conversational speech.
Belge dialect
Belgian French — spoken in Wallonia and Brussels. Has distinct number vocabulary (septante/nonante for 70/90), a notably clear pronunciation, and some vocabulary differences from Parisian French. Captio AI handles Belge French accurately.
Français d'Afrique dialect
French is the official language of 21 African countries. West African French (Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon), Central African French (DRC, Congo), and North African French (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) each have distinct accents influenced by local languages. Captio AI handles the major African French varieties accurately.
Captio AI supports 60+ languages
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Gone the moment it ends
Captio AI processes your French 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 French doctor's appointment or job interview never ends up in a training dataset. Not ours. Not anyone else's.
Hearing accessibility for French speakers
France's deaf community uses Langue des signes française (LSF), with around 100,000 native signers. In French-speaking Belgium, the deaf community uses Langue des signes de Belgique francophone (LSFB), which is a separate language from LSF. The two communities both speak varieties of French, but their sign languages are distinct.
LSF has had an outsized influence on the world's sign languages. When French educator Laurent Clerc traveled to the United States in 1817, he brought LSF with him. American Sign Language, Brazilian Libras, and Russian Sign Language all descend from LSF. France is the starting point of what became one of the most widely distributed sign language families in history.
For hard of hearing French speakers, formal settings require advance arrangement for interpreter access. Medical consultations in French hospitals are typically fast, using clinical vocabulary that is difficult to catch with partial hearing. French administrative procedures are complex even for hearing people. Captio AI provides a way to follow spoken French in real time without depending on whether interpretation was arranged.
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"Parisian French at work is fast and people talk over each other. Captio AI captions every speaker as they talk. I use it in every team meeting."
"My doctor in Lyon speaks quickly and uses clinical vocabulary. Captio AI shows me everything in real time. I place it on the desk at every appointment."
"I work in Brussels where meetings switch between French and English. Captio AI handles both without me doing anything. I use it every day."
"I work in Geneva in Standard French. Captio AI is accurate and fast. I use it for any meeting where I know I will struggle to follow."
"My hearing has been declining for three years. Southern French is spoken fast in Marseille. Captio AI handles the accent and keeps up with the pace."
"Québécois French is quite different from European French but Captio AI handles it well. I use it at work in Montréal for meetings and client calls."
"Parisian French at work is fast and people talk over each other. Captio AI captions every speaker as they talk. I use it in every team meeting."
"My doctor in Lyon speaks quickly and uses clinical vocabulary. Captio AI shows me everything in real time. I place it on the desk at every appointment."
"I work in Brussels where meetings switch between French and English. Captio AI handles both without me doing anything. I use it every day."
"I work in Geneva in Standard French. Captio AI is accurate and fast. I use it for any meeting where I know I will struggle to follow."
"My hearing has been declining for three years. Southern French is spoken fast in Marseille. Captio AI handles the accent and keeps up with the pace."
"Québécois French is quite different from European French but Captio AI handles it well. I use it at work in Montréal for meetings and client calls."
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