Captio AI
🦻 Accessibility + 💻 Productivity App

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

Follow any Malayalam conversation, meeting or lecture. Supports Standard Malayalam and regional varieties across Kerala.

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Captio AI app showing live captions in Malayalam
Use Cases

Works in every situation

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

💬Everyday Conversations

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

💼Meetings

In Malayalam 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

Malayalam 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 Malayalam 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 Malayalam 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

Malayalam 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 Malayalam 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 Malayalam-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 Malayalam-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 Malayalam 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 Malayalam 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

Malayalam dialect & accent support

Supports Standard Malayalam and regional varieties across Kerala.

Kochi dialect

Central Kerala Malayalam — spoken in Thrissur and Ernakulam (Kochi). Considered the closest to Standard Malayalam and the most widely understood variety across Kerala. Captio AI handles Kochi dialect with full accuracy.

Malabar dialect

Northern Kerala — spoken in Kozhikode, Kannur, and Malappuram. Has distinct vocabulary and a melodious intonation noted for its musical quality. Includes the Muslim community variety (Mappila Malayalam) with Arabic and Persian loanwords. Captio AI handles Malabar dialect accurately.

Travancore dialect

Southern Kerala — spoken in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, and Pathanamthitta. Has a distinct intonation and vocabulary shaped by the history of the Travancore kingdom. Captio AI handles Travancore dialect accurately alongside Standard Malayalam.

Kasargod dialect

Far northern Kerala — spoken in Kasargod district, bordering Karnataka. Heavily influenced by Kannada and Tulu, making it one of the most distinct Malayalam regional varieties. Captio AI handles educated Kasargod Malayalam accurately; very heavy dialect features may reduce accuracy.

Malayalam-English code-switching

Educated Keralites and the large Malayalam diaspora in the Gulf, UK, and US frequently mix Malayalam with English mid-sentence. Captio AI handles this code-switching naturally, displaying both languages correctly in the same caption stream.

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Privacy

What you hear stays with you.

Gone the moment it ends

Captio AI processes your Malayalam 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 Malayalam 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 Malayalam speakers

Indian Sign Language (ISL)Malayalam Sign Language (MSL, introduced 2021)

Kerala's deaf community has used Indian Sign Language (ISL) for decades. In 2021, the National Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH) in Thiruvananthapuram introduced a dedicated Malayalam Sign Language (MSL), developed in collaboration with the All Kerala Association of the Deaf. Before 2021, deaf Keralites relied on ISL, ASL, or other regional sign languages that did not reflect Kerala's specific linguistic and cultural context.

Even with MSL now formalized, practical accessibility in formal settings remains very limited. Public transport announcements, TV programs, and calling helplines present significant barriers for deaf and hard of hearing people in Kerala. Most educators in deaf schools are not trained in ISL or MSL.

Kerala has one of the world's largest diaspora communities relative to its population, with millions of Keralites working in Gulf countries, the US, and the UK. For hard of hearing Malayalam speakers across these communities, Captio AI provides a way to follow spoken Malayalam in real time wherever they are.

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Reviews

People love Captio AI

"My meetings at my office are in Malayalam and English. Captio AI handles both. I use it every day."

Anjali 🇮🇳
anjali.n***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Thiruvananthapuram

"I use Captio AI at my hospital in Kochi. Malayalam medical consultations are fast. Captio AI gives me a transcript of every appointment."

Rahul 🇮🇳
rahul.m***@gmail.com
Deaf, Kochi

"I live in Dubai and Malayalam is my home language. Captio AI handles Malayalam accurately at the speed people actually speak. I use it at family and community gatherings."

Deepa 🇦🇪
deepa.v***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Dubai

"My hearing started declining two years ago. I use Captio AI in Kozhikode for any appointment where I need to follow spoken Malayalam."

Sreekumar 🇮🇳
sreekumar.p***@gmail.com
Progressive hearing loss, Kozhikode

"I live in the UK but Malayalam is my first language. Captio AI handles Malayalam-English code-switching accurately. I use it at community events."

Nisha 🇬🇧
nisha.t***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, UK

"Captio AI handles Malayalam at normal conversational speed accurately. I use it at work and at appointments."

Arun 🇮🇳
arun.k***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing since childhood, Thrissur

"My meetings at my office are in Malayalam and English. Captio AI handles both. I use it every day."

Anjali 🇮🇳
anjali.n***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Thiruvananthapuram

"I use Captio AI at my hospital in Kochi. Malayalam medical consultations are fast. Captio AI gives me a transcript of every appointment."

Rahul 🇮🇳
rahul.m***@gmail.com
Deaf, Kochi

"I live in Dubai and Malayalam is my home language. Captio AI handles Malayalam accurately at the speed people actually speak. I use it at family and community gatherings."

Deepa 🇦🇪
deepa.v***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Dubai

"My hearing started declining two years ago. I use Captio AI in Kozhikode for any appointment where I need to follow spoken Malayalam."

Sreekumar 🇮🇳
sreekumar.p***@gmail.com
Progressive hearing loss, Kozhikode

"I live in the UK but Malayalam is my first language. Captio AI handles Malayalam-English code-switching accurately. I use it at community events."

Nisha 🇬🇧
nisha.t***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, UK

"Captio AI handles Malayalam at normal conversational speed accurately. I use it at work and at appointments."

Arun 🇮🇳
arun.k***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing since childhood, Thrissur

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