Kannada live captions and productivity tool for deaf and HoH people.
Follow any Kannada conversation, meeting or lecture. Supports Standard Kannada and regional varieties across Karnataka.
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Everything you need to follow any Kannada conversation
Four tools built specifically for deaf and hard of hearing Kannada speakers.
Real-Time Kannada Speech to Text
- Kannada captions, word by word
- Works in noisy places
- Supports Standard Kannada and regional varieties across Karnataka
- No lip reading needed
Translate Kannada in Real Time
- Translates Kannada as they speak
- Each person speaks their own language
- Handles mid-sentence switches
- Supports Standard Kannada and regional varieties across Karnataka
Transcribe Any Kannada Audio or Video
- Any Kannada audio or video file
- Organized by speaker
- Supports Standard Kannada and regional varieties across Karnataka
- Read, copy, search, share
Turn Kannada Transcripts into Summaries
- Key points from Kannada meetings
- Action items extracted
- Works on any Kannada transcript
- Organized into sections
Works in every situation
Designed for the real moments that matter — not just quiet controlled environments.
Most Kannada 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 Kannada speakers. Captio AI turns their speech into real-time captions, so the conversation can happen naturally on both sides.
💼MeetingsIn Kannada 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.
🎓LecturesKannada 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 Kannada 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 Kannada 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 CallsKannada 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 Kannada 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 Kannada-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 Kannada-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 Kannada 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 Kannada 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 Kannada and regional varieties across Karnataka.
Mysuru dialect
Southern Karnataka Kannada — spoken in Mysuru, Mandya, and the surrounding region. Considered the closest to Standard Kannada and the basis for the formal literary variety used in education and media. Captio AI handles Mysuru dialect with full accuracy.
Bangalore dialect
Urban Karnataka Kannada — spoken in Bengaluru, heavily mixed with English and Hindi due to the city's tech industry and multilingual population. The most widely heard Kannada variety in media. Captio AI handles Bangalore Kannada and Kannada-English code-switching accurately.
Dharwad dialect
Northern Karnataka Kannada — spoken in Hubli-Dharwad, Gadag, and Belagavi. Has distinct phonetic features and vocabulary influenced by Marathi due to geographic proximity. One of the four major Kannada dialect groups. Captio AI handles Dharwad dialect accurately.
Mangalorean dialect
Coastal Karnataka Kannada — spoken in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Uttara Kannada. Influenced by Tulu and Konkani, with a distinct coastal intonation. Includes the Havyaka sub-variety spoken by Havyaka Brahmins, which preserves archaic Kannada vocabulary from over 1,000 years ago. Captio AI handles Mangalorean dialect accurately.
Gulbarga dialect
Northeastern Karnataka Kannada — spoken in Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Bidar, and Yadgir. Has distinct vocabulary influenced by Urdu, Telugu, and Marathi due to the region's geographic position. Captio AI handles Gulbarga dialect accurately in conversational speech.
Captio AI supports 60+ languages
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Gone the moment it ends
Captio AI processes your Kannada 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 Kannada doctor's appointment or job interview never ends up in a training dataset. Not ours. Not anyone else's.
Hearing accessibility for Kannada speakers
Karnataka's deaf and hard of hearing community uses Indian Sign Language (ISL) with regional Kannada-variety signs. Karnataka has around 3.3 million people with disabilities, including an estimated 300,000 children in the deaf and hard of hearing category. Researchers at universities in Bangalore are developing machine learning systems to translate Kannada sign language gestures to text and speech — part of a growing effort to address the state's accessibility gap.
Sign language interpreter access in hospitals, courts, and government offices in Karnataka is limited, as it is across most of India. Outside Bangalore, Mysuru, and Hubli, access to ISL education and training is particularly thin.
Bangalore's tech industry culture means Kannada is heavily mixed with English in professional settings. For hard of hearing people working in the city's offices, following fast Kannada-English conversations in meetings is one of the most common situations where Captio AI is used.
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"My office in Bangalore has meetings in Kannada and English. Captio AI captions both. I use it every day."
"I use Captio AI at my hospital in Mysuru. Kannada medical consultations move fast. Captio AI gives me a transcript of every appointment."
"I work in tech in Bangalore where Kannada is mixed with English constantly. Captio AI handles both in the same caption without me doing anything."
"My hearing started declining last year. I use Captio AI in Hubli for work meetings and doctor appointments. Northern Karnataka Kannada is handled accurately."
"I was not sure Captio AI would handle Mangalorean Kannada but it works well for everyday conversation. I use it at work and at appointments."
"I use Captio AI at my university in Bangalore. Lectures are in Kannada and English and Captio AI captions both in real time."
"My office in Bangalore has meetings in Kannada and English. Captio AI captions both. I use it every day."
"I use Captio AI at my hospital in Mysuru. Kannada medical consultations move fast. Captio AI gives me a transcript of every appointment."
"I work in tech in Bangalore where Kannada is mixed with English constantly. Captio AI handles both in the same caption without me doing anything."
"My hearing started declining last year. I use Captio AI in Hubli for work meetings and doctor appointments. Northern Karnataka Kannada is handled accurately."
"I was not sure Captio AI would handle Mangalorean Kannada but it works well for everyday conversation. I use it at work and at appointments."
"I use Captio AI at my university in Bangalore. Lectures are in Kannada and English and Captio AI captions both in real time."
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