Captio AI
🦻 Accessibility + 💻 Productivity App

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

Follow any Norwegian conversation, meeting or lecture. Supports Norwegian Bokmål, Nynorsk, and major regional dialects.

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

💼Meetings

In Norwegian 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

Norwegian 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 Norwegian 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 Norwegian 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

Norwegian 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 Norwegian 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 Norwegian-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 Norwegian-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 Norwegian 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 Norwegian 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

Norwegian dialect & accent support

Supports Norwegian Bokmål, Nynorsk, and major regional dialects.

Østnorsk dialect

Eastern Norwegian — spoken in Oslo, Akershus, Hedmark, and Oppland. The variety most aligned with Bokmål, the dominant written standard used by 85–90% of Norwegians. The most widely understood spoken Norwegian variety. Captio AI handles Østnorsk with full accuracy.

Bergensk dialect

Western Norwegian centred on Bergen — one of Norway's most recognizable regional varieties, with a distinctive rising intonation and vocabulary distinct from Oslo Norwegian. Bergen is Norway's second-largest city and a cultural hub of the Nynorsk-speaking west. Captio AI handles Bergensk accurately.

Trøndersk dialect

Trøndelag Norwegian — spoken in Trondheim and surrounding Trøndelag. Has notable features including palatalization of 'n' and 'l', and uses 'æ' for the first person pronoun instead of standard 'jeg'. Captio AI handles Trøndersk accurately in everyday conversational speech.

Nordnorsk dialect

Northern Norwegian — spoken across Nordland, Troms, and Finnmark. Has a distinct intonation with vowel lengthening and vocabulary influenced by Sami languages of the indigenous Sami people of the north. Captio AI handles Nordnorsk accurately.

Vestlandsk dialect

Western Norwegian — spoken across Rogaland, Hordaland, and Sogn og Fjordane. The heartland of Nynorsk, the second official Norwegian written standard (used by ~15% of Norwegians, based on these western dialects). Has distinct diphthongs and intonation. Captio AI handles Vestlandsk accurately.

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Privacy

What you hear stays with you.

Gone the moment it ends

Captio AI processes your Norwegian 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 Norwegian 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 Norwegian speakers

Norsk tegnspråk (NTS)

Norwegian Sign Language (Norsk tegnspråk, NTS) was recognized as a national language of Norway in the Language Act (Språklova) of 2021 — giving it equal legal status to Bokmål and Nynorsk. Around 16,000 people use NTS as their primary language. The Norwegian Association of the Deaf (Norges Døveforbund), founded in 1918, is one of the oldest deaf organizations in the world and has been central to this recognition.

Norway has a relatively strong accessibility framework compared to many countries. The right to a sign language interpreter for medical appointments, legal proceedings, and job interviews is established in law. However, in practice, interpreter availability outside Oslo, Bergen, and Trondheim can be unreliable, and same-day bookings are often difficult.

For hard of hearing Norwegian speakers — particularly those who rely on speech and lip-reading rather than NTS — the diversity of regional dialects adds complexity. Captio AI provides real-time Norwegian captions across Bokmål and the major regional dialects, giving hearing-impaired people a way to follow spoken Norwegian in any situation.

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Reviews

People love Captio AI

"My team in Oslo speaks fast Norwegian. I put Captio AI on the table and read everything as it happens. I use it in every meeting."

Ingrid 🇳🇴
ingrid.h***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Oslo

"NTS is my language but most hearing people do not sign. Captio AI gives me a way to follow spoken Norwegian in any situation."

Erik 🇳🇴
erik.b***@gmail.com
Deaf, Bergen

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

Kari 🇳🇴
kari.n***@gmail.com
Progressive hearing loss, Oslo

"Trondheim Norwegian has a distinct accent. Captio AI handles it accurately. I use it at work and at the hospital."

Tor 🇳🇴
tor.a***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Trondheim

"Getting an interpreter in Tromsø on short notice is nearly impossible. Captio AI is always there when I need it."

Silje 🇳🇴
silje.m***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing since childhood, Tromsø

"Captio AI handles Norwegian Bokmål and the western dialects well. I use it every day at work in Stavanger."

Bjørn 🇳🇴
bjorn.l***@gmail.com
Deaf, Stavanger

"My team in Oslo speaks fast Norwegian. I put Captio AI on the table and read everything as it happens. I use it in every meeting."

Ingrid 🇳🇴
ingrid.h***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Oslo

"NTS is my language but most hearing people do not sign. Captio AI gives me a way to follow spoken Norwegian in any situation."

Erik 🇳🇴
erik.b***@gmail.com
Deaf, Bergen

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

Kari 🇳🇴
kari.n***@gmail.com
Progressive hearing loss, Oslo

"Trondheim Norwegian has a distinct accent. Captio AI handles it accurately. I use it at work and at the hospital."

Tor 🇳🇴
tor.a***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Trondheim

"Getting an interpreter in Tromsø on short notice is nearly impossible. Captio AI is always there when I need it."

Silje 🇳🇴
silje.m***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing since childhood, Tromsø

"Captio AI handles Norwegian Bokmål and the western dialects well. I use it every day at work in Stavanger."

Bjørn 🇳🇴
bjorn.l***@gmail.com
Deaf, Stavanger

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