Captio AI
🦻 Accessibility + 💻 Productivity App

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

Follow any Macedonian conversation, meeting or lecture. Supports Standard Macedonian and major regional varieties.

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

💼Meetings

In Macedonian 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

Macedonian 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 Macedonian 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 Macedonian 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

Macedonian 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 Macedonian 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 Macedonian-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 Macedonian-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 Macedonian 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 Macedonian 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

Macedonian dialect & accent support

Supports Standard Macedonian and major regional varieties.

Prilepsko-Bitolski dialect

The central-western Macedonian dialect of Bitola and Ohrid — deliberately selected as the basis for Standard Macedonian (Македонски стандарден јазик) in 1945 for its central position and relative neutrality among all dialect groups. Captio AI handles Prilepsko-Bitolski with full accuracy.

Ohridsko-Struški dialect

The southwestern variety spoken around Lake Ohrid and Struga — one of the most historically important Macedonian dialects, with Ohrid serving as a medieval centre of Slavic literacy. Has distinct features from other western varieties. Captio AI handles Ohridsko-Struški dialect accurately.

Skopski dialect

Northern Macedonian — spoken in Skopje, Tetovo, and Kumanovo near the Serbian border. Has features influenced by Serbian due to geographic and historical contact. The dialect of North Macedonia's capital. Captio AI handles Skopski dialect accurately.

Tikveški dialect

Central-southern Macedonian — spoken in Kavadarci, Negotino, and the Tikveš wine region. A transitional variety between the western standard dialects and the eastern Bulgarian-influenced zone. Captio AI handles Tikveški dialect accurately.

Štipski dialect

Eastern Macedonian — spoken in Štip, Strumica, Gevgelija, and along the Bulgarian border. Has features that overlap with western Bulgarian dialects, reflecting the historical and linguistic ties between the two languages. Captio AI handles educated Štipski speech accurately.

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Privacy

What you hear stays with you.

Gone the moment it ends

Captio AI processes your Macedonian 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 Macedonian 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 Macedonian speakers

Македонски знаковен јазик (MZJ)

Macedonian Sign Language (Македонски знаковен јазик, MZJ) was legally recognized on 21 August 2009. The law defines it as a natural mode of communication equal to oral language, establishes rights for deaf people in North Macedonia, and sets out the role of the National Association of Deaf People of North Macedonia in promoting the language and training interpreters. The MZJ alphabet consists of 31 signs, one for each sound of the Macedonian language. Around 6,000 people request signed news broadcasts on Macedonian national television.

The National Association of Deaf People of North Macedonia (Сојуз на глуви на Република Македонија) is the primary community organization. The 2009 law was a significant milestone, but as in many countries in the region, the gap between legal recognition and practical implementation remains wide.

For hard of hearing Macedonian speakers, medical appointments and legal proceedings are the situations where accessibility is most limited. Captio AI provides a way to follow spoken Macedonian in real time, covering Standard Macedonian and major regional varieties including the Sofia-adjacent eastern dialects.

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Reviews

People love Captio AI

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

Elena 🇲🇰
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Hard of hearing, Skopje

"MZJ interpreters are rarely available outside formal settings. Captio AI gives me a way to follow spoken Macedonian."

Aleksandar 🇲🇰
aleksandar.m***@gmail.com
Deaf, Skopje

"My hearing started declining two years ago. I use Captio AI for work meetings and doctor appointments."

Katerina 🇲🇰
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Progressive hearing loss, Bitola

"Doctor appointments in North Macedonia move fast. Captio AI shows me everything in real time."

Gjorgi 🇲🇰
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Hard of hearing, Ohrid

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

Valentina 🇦🇺
valentina.v***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Melbourne

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

Elena 🇲🇰
elena.p***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Skopje

"MZJ interpreters are rarely available outside formal settings. Captio AI gives me a way to follow spoken Macedonian."

Aleksandar 🇲🇰
aleksandar.m***@gmail.com
Deaf, Skopje

"My hearing started declining two years ago. I use Captio AI for work meetings and doctor appointments."

Katerina 🇲🇰
katerina.s***@gmail.com
Progressive hearing loss, Bitola

"Doctor appointments in North Macedonia move fast. Captio AI shows me everything in real time."

Gjorgi 🇲🇰
gjorgi.k***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Ohrid

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

Valentina 🇦🇺
valentina.v***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Melbourne

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