Captio AI
🦻 Accessibility + 💻 Productivity App

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

Follow any Polish conversation, meeting or lecture. Supports Standard Polish and regional accents across Poland and the diaspora.

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

💼Meetings

In Polish 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

Polish 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 Polish 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 Polish 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

Polish 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 Polish 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 Polish-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 Polish-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 Polish 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 Polish 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

Polish dialect & accent support

Supports Standard Polish and regional accents across Poland and the diaspora.

Mazowiecki dialect

Masovian Polish — spoken in Warsaw and across central and eastern Poland. The basis for Standard Polish (Język literacki) and the most widely understood variety. Captio AI handles Mazowiecki dialect with full accuracy.

Wielkopolski dialect

Greater Polish — spoken in Poznań and across western Poland. One of the four classical Polish dialect groups, with distinct vowel quality and prosody. Considered among the most distinct dialects from the Warsaw standard. Captio AI handles Wielkopolski dialect accurately.

Małopolski dialect

Lesser Polish — spoken in Kraków and across southern Poland. Has distinct vowel features and intonation, particularly in the mountainous sub-variety of Podhalański (Góralski) spoken in the Tatra foothills. Captio AI handles Małopolski dialect accurately in conversational speech.

Śląski dialect

Silesian — spoken in Upper Silesia (Katowice, Gliwice, Opole). Heavily influenced by German and Czech due to the region's history; sometimes classified as a separate language. Captio AI handles Standard Polish most reliably; very heavy Śląski features may reduce accuracy.

Kaszubski dialect

Kashubian — spoken along the Baltic coast and the Tricity area (Gdańsk, Gdynia). Officially recognised as a regional language in Poland rather than a Polish dialect due to its significant divergence. Captio AI handles Standard Polish most reliably; heavy Kashubian features may reduce accuracy.

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Privacy

What you hear stays with you.

Gone the moment it ends

Captio AI processes your Polish 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 Polish 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 Polish speakers

Polski Język Migowy (PJM)

Poland's deaf community uses Polski Język Migowy (PJM). The Act on Sign Language and Other Means of Communication was adopted in 2011 and came into effect in April 2012, legally recognizing PJM as a natural language. Under the law, public institutions, healthcare facilities, and government bodies are required to provide sign language interpretation access. Poland has 39 schools for the deaf.

Cultural and entertainment accessibility remains limited. Theatre, concerts, and public events are largely inaccessible without PJM interpretation, which is rarely provided. TV captioning coverage in Poland is low compared to other EU countries.

For hard of hearing Polish speakers, medical appointments are the most common situation where Captio AI gets used. Polish medical consultations are typically fast and use specific clinical vocabulary. The large Polish diaspora in the UK, Germany, and other EU countries uses Captio AI in both Polish and local languages.

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Reviews

People love Captio AI

"My team in Warsaw speaks fast Polish in meetings. Captio AI captions every speaker as they talk. I use it every day."

Marta 🇵🇱
marta.k***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Warsaw

"PJM is my first language but not everyone signs. Captio AI gives me a way to follow spoken Polish in meetings and at appointments."

Piotr 🇵🇱
piotr.w***@gmail.com
Deaf, Kraków

"I live in London but Polish is my home language. Captio AI handles Polish-English code-switching accurately. I use it at community events."

Anna 🇬🇧
anna.z***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, London

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

Tomasz 🇵🇱
tomasz.n***@gmail.com
Progressive hearing loss, Wrocław

"Captio AI is accurate enough for Polish that I use it in any situation where I need to follow speech."

Karolina 🇵🇱
karolina.b***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing since childhood, Gdańsk

"I work in Berlin but Polish is my working language with many colleagues. Captio AI captions Polish conversations accurately at normal speed."

Marek 🇩🇪
marek.p***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Berlin

"My team in Warsaw speaks fast Polish in meetings. Captio AI captions every speaker as they talk. I use it every day."

Marta 🇵🇱
marta.k***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Warsaw

"PJM is my first language but not everyone signs. Captio AI gives me a way to follow spoken Polish in meetings and at appointments."

Piotr 🇵🇱
piotr.w***@gmail.com
Deaf, Kraków

"I live in London but Polish is my home language. Captio AI handles Polish-English code-switching accurately. I use it at community events."

Anna 🇬🇧
anna.z***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, London

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

Tomasz 🇵🇱
tomasz.n***@gmail.com
Progressive hearing loss, Wrocław

"Captio AI is accurate enough for Polish that I use it in any situation where I need to follow speech."

Karolina 🇵🇱
karolina.b***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing since childhood, Gdańsk

"I work in Berlin but Polish is my working language with many colleagues. Captio AI captions Polish conversations accurately at normal speed."

Marek 🇩🇪
marek.p***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Berlin

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