Swahili live captions and productivity tool for deaf and HoH people.
Follow any Swahili conversation, meeting or lecture. Supports Standard Swahili across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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Everything you need to follow any Swahili conversation
Four tools built specifically for deaf and hard of hearing Swahili speakers.
Real-Time Swahili Speech to Text
- Swahili captions, word by word
- Works in noisy places
- Supports Standard Swahili across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda
- No lip reading needed
Translate Swahili in Real Time
- Translates Swahili as they speak
- Each person speaks their own language
- Handles mid-sentence switches
- Supports Standard Swahili across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda
Transcribe Any Swahili Audio or Video
- Any Swahili audio or video file
- Organized by speaker
- Supports Standard Swahili across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda
- Read, copy, search, share
Turn Swahili Transcripts into Summaries
- Key points from Swahili meetings
- Action items extracted
- Works on any Swahili transcript
- Organized into sections
Works in every situation
Designed for the real moments that matter — not just quiet controlled environments.
Most Swahili 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 Swahili speakers. Captio AI turns their speech into real-time captions, so the conversation can happen naturally on both sides.
💼MeetingsIn Swahili 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.
🎓LecturesSwahili 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 Swahili 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 Swahili 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 CallsSwahili 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 Swahili 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 Swahili-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 Swahili-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 Swahili 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 Swahili 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 Swahili across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Kiunguja dialect
The Zanzibar variety — the basis for Standard Swahili (Kiswahili Sanifu). Spoken on Zanzibar and Pemba islands and the Dar es Salaam coast. Used in formal education, national broadcasting, and official communication across East Africa. Captio AI handles Kiunguja with full accuracy.
Kimvita dialect
Spoken in Mombasa and along the Kenyan coast. Historically associated with classical Swahili literature and the trading city of Mombasa. Has distinct phonological features from Kiunguja. Captio AI handles Kimvita accurately alongside Standard Swahili.
Kiamu dialect
Spoken on Lamu island and the surrounding archipelago — one of the most conservative Swahili dialects and historically important for classical Swahili literature. Captio AI handles educated Kiamu speech accurately.
Kingwana dialect
Spoken in eastern DRC — a pidginized inland variety of Swahili that spread along trade routes from the coast. Has simplified grammar and distinct vocabulary from Coastal Swahili. Captio AI handles Standard Swahili most reliably; heavy Kingwana may have reduced accuracy.
Sheng dialect
A rapidly evolving mixed variety spoken in Nairobi — blending Swahili, English, Kikuyu, Luhya, and other languages. Highly localized and changes quickly. Captio AI handles Standard Swahili and Swahili-English code-switching reliably; dense Sheng slang may have reduced accuracy.
Captio AI supports 60+ languages
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Gone the moment it ends
Captio AI processes your Swahili 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 Swahili doctor's appointment or job interview never ends up in a training dataset. Not ours. Not anyone else's.
Hearing accessibility for Swahili speakers
Swahili is spoken across more than 20 countries in East and Central Africa, but the deaf communities in its two main regions use different sign languages. Kenya's deaf community uses Kenyan Sign Language (KSL), with an estimated 600,000 deaf people in the country. Tanzania uses Tanzanian Sign Language (TSL). KSL and TSL are not mutually intelligible.
Literacy in written Swahili is very low among Kenya's deaf community. Many deaf people in the region have limited access to education in either sign language or written Swahili, meaning communication barriers compound each other. Access to sign language interpreters in hospitals, courts, or government offices is scarce across most of East Africa.
For hard of hearing Swahili speakers, formal settings offer very little support. A hard of hearing patient at a hospital in Nairobi or Dar es Salaam typically manages the consultation alone. Captio AI provides a way to follow spoken Swahili in real time in exactly these situations.
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"My office in Nairobi switches between Swahili and English constantly. Captio AI handles both. I use it in meetings every day."
"I use Captio AI at the hospital in Mombasa. Doctors speak quickly in Swahili and there is no interpreter. Captio AI gives me a transcript of the whole consultation."
"Captio AI handles Tanzanian Swahili well. I use it at work and for any official appointment in Dar es Salaam."
"My hearing started declining two years ago. I use Captio AI in Kisumu for any meeting or appointment where I need to follow spoken Swahili."
"Tanzanian Standard Swahili is handled accurately by Captio AI. I use it for work meetings in Arusha. It is the first tool that has actually worked for me."
"My university lectures in Nairobi are in Swahili and English. Captio AI gives me a live caption of whatever language the lecturer is using."
"My office in Nairobi switches between Swahili and English constantly. Captio AI handles both. I use it in meetings every day."
"I use Captio AI at the hospital in Mombasa. Doctors speak quickly in Swahili and there is no interpreter. Captio AI gives me a transcript of the whole consultation."
"Captio AI handles Tanzanian Swahili well. I use it at work and for any official appointment in Dar es Salaam."
"My hearing started declining two years ago. I use Captio AI in Kisumu for any meeting or appointment where I need to follow spoken Swahili."
"Tanzanian Standard Swahili is handled accurately by Captio AI. I use it for work meetings in Arusha. It is the first tool that has actually worked for me."
"My university lectures in Nairobi are in Swahili and English. Captio AI gives me a live caption of whatever language the lecturer is using."
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