Captio AI
🦻 Accessibility + 💻 Productivity App

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

Follow any German conversation, meeting or lecture. Supports Standard German, Austrian and Swiss German.

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Captio AI app showing live captions in German
Use Cases

Works in every situation

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

💬Everyday Conversations

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

💼Meetings

In German 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

German 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 German 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 German 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

German 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 German 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 German-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 German-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 German 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 German 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

German dialect & accent support

Supports Standard German, Austrian and Swiss German.

Hochdeutsch dialect

Standard German — the prestige variety used in national broadcasting, education, and official communication across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Based on the Central and Upper German written tradition. Captio AI handles Hochdeutsch with full accuracy.

Bairisch dialect

Bavarian-Austrian — spoken in Bavaria, Austria, and South Tyrol by around 14 million people. One of the most distinct Upper German varieties, with a strongly different phonology and vocabulary from Standard German. Captio AI handles Bairisch-accented speech well; very heavy dialect features may occasionally reduce accuracy.

Alemannisch dialect

Spoken in Baden-Württemberg, Alsace, and Switzerland — the major Upper German dialect group that includes Swabian (Schwäbisch) and the Swiss German varieties (Schweizerdeutsch). Swiss German dialects such as Zürichdeutsch and Berndeutsch are not mutually intelligible with Hochdeutsch. Captio AI handles educated Alemannic speech well; heavy Schweizerdeutsch features may reduce accuracy.

Sächsisch dialect

Central German — spoken in Saxony (Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz) and one of the most recognizable German regional accents. Sächsisch has a distinct vowel system and is well represented in German popular culture. Captio AI handles Sächsisch-accented German accurately in everyday conversational speech.

Niederdeutsch dialect

Low German (Plattdeutsch) — spoken across northern Germany from Westphalia to the Polish border. Historically a distinct language family from High German with its own literary tradition; most speakers today use Standard German in formal contexts. Captio AI handles Standard German most reliably; heavy Plattdeutsch may reduce accuracy.

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Privacy

What you hear stays with you.

Gone the moment it ends

Captio AI processes your German 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 German 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 German speakers

Deutsche Gebärdensprache (DGS)Österreichische Gebärdensprache (ÖGS)Deutschschweizerische Gebärdensprache (DSGS)

Germany, Austria, and Switzerland each have their own distinct sign language. Germany uses Deutsche Gebärdensprache (DGS), with over 80,000 native signers. Austria uses Österreichische Gebärdensprache (ÖGS), and Switzerland uses Deutschschweizerische Gebärdensprache (DSGS). DGS was legally recognized in Germany in 2002, giving deaf people the right to sign language interpretation when dealing with federal authorities.

Germany has a complex history with sign language. For much of the 20th century, oralism dominated German deaf education — deaf children were taught to speak rather than sign, and sign language was actively suppressed in schools. This history is part of why the 2002 recognition was significant, and why gaps in practical access are still being addressed.

For hard of hearing German speakers, the healthcare system is among the most organized in Europe, but sign language interpreters in hospitals still require advance arrangement. Fast specialist consultations in German — cardiology, oncology, neurology — are where hard of hearing patients most commonly describe losing information. Captio AI is used in these situations to follow spoken German in real time.

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Reviews

People love Captio AI

"My team in Berlin speaks very fast in meetings. I put Captio AI on the table and read everything as it happens. My colleagues know I use it and nobody minds."

Thomas 🇩🇪
thomas.k***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Berlin

"Doctor appointments in Germany are dense with medical vocabulary. Captio AI shows me everything in real time. I stop the appointment to ask questions I actually understand."

Lena 🇩🇪
lena.m***@gmail.com
Deaf, Hamburg

"I was not sure Captio AI would handle Austrian German but it works well. I use it in Vienna for work and at appointments and the accuracy is reliable."

Stefan 🇦🇹
stefan.w***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Vienna

"I work in Standard German in Zurich. Captio AI captions my German-language meetings accurately. I do not use it for heavy Swiss dialect but that is not what I need."

Mia 🇨🇭
mia.b***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Zurich

"My hearing started declining three years ago. German hospital consultations in Munich are fast. Captio AI gives me a live caption of everything the doctor says."

Klaus 🇩🇪
klaus.r***@gmail.com
Progressive hearing loss, Munich

"I can hear but I cannot process fast speech in noisy rooms. Captio AI shows me what I am missing. I use it in restaurants and in open-plan offices."

Jana 🇩🇪
jana.s***@gmail.com
Auditory processing disorder, Frankfurt

"My team in Berlin speaks very fast in meetings. I put Captio AI on the table and read everything as it happens. My colleagues know I use it and nobody minds."

Thomas 🇩🇪
thomas.k***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Berlin

"Doctor appointments in Germany are dense with medical vocabulary. Captio AI shows me everything in real time. I stop the appointment to ask questions I actually understand."

Lena 🇩🇪
lena.m***@gmail.com
Deaf, Hamburg

"I was not sure Captio AI would handle Austrian German but it works well. I use it in Vienna for work and at appointments and the accuracy is reliable."

Stefan 🇦🇹
stefan.w***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Vienna

"I work in Standard German in Zurich. Captio AI captions my German-language meetings accurately. I do not use it for heavy Swiss dialect but that is not what I need."

Mia 🇨🇭
mia.b***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Zurich

"My hearing started declining three years ago. German hospital consultations in Munich are fast. Captio AI gives me a live caption of everything the doctor says."

Klaus 🇩🇪
klaus.r***@gmail.com
Progressive hearing loss, Munich

"I can hear but I cannot process fast speech in noisy rooms. Captio AI shows me what I am missing. I use it in restaurants and in open-plan offices."

Jana 🇩🇪
jana.s***@gmail.com
Auditory processing disorder, Frankfurt

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