Captio AI
🦻 Accessibility + 💻 Productivity App

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

Follow any Tamil conversation, meeting or lecture. Supports Standard Tamil and regional varieties across India, Sri Lanka, and Singapore.

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

💼Meetings

In Tamil 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

Tamil 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 Tamil 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 Tamil 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

Tamil 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 Tamil 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 Tamil-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 Tamil-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 Tamil 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 Tamil 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

Tamil dialect & accent support

Supports Standard Tamil and regional varieties across India, Sri Lanka, and Singapore.

Madurai dialect

Central Tamil Nadu — spoken in Madurai, Trichy, Thanjavur, and across the Kaveri delta region, considered the heartland of classical Tamil. Has a distinct accent with open vowels and a confident pace. Captio AI handles Madurai dialect accurately alongside Standard Tamil.

Kongu dialect

Western Tamil Nadu — spoken in Coimbatore, Salem, Erode, and the Nilgiris. Has distinct vocabulary and a characteristic intonation influenced by Kannada proximity. One of the most widely spoken regional Tamil varieties. Captio AI handles Kongu dialect accurately.

Jaffna dialect

Sri Lankan Tamil — spoken in the Jaffna peninsula and the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. Significantly different from Indian Tamil in vocabulary, pronunciation, and some grammatical features, preserving older Tamil forms. Captio AI handles Jaffna dialect accurately.

Chennai dialect

Northern urban Tamil — spoken in Chennai and the surrounding districts. The informal colloquial variety of the Tamil Nadu capital, distinct from the formal literary standard with relaxed pronunciation and urban vocabulary mixing. Captio AI handles Chennai dialect accurately.

Malaysian Tamil dialect

Malaysian and Singaporean Tamil — influenced by Malay, English, and Chinese across the Southeast Asian Tamil diaspora. Tamil is an official language of Singapore. Captio AI handles Malaysian and Singaporean Tamil accurately.

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Privacy

What you hear stays with you.

Gone the moment it ends

Captio AI processes your Tamil 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 Tamil doctor's appointment or job interview never ends up in a training dataset. Not ours. Not anyone else's.

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Accessibility

Hearing accessibility for Tamil speakers

Indian Sign Language (ISL)Sri Lankan Sign Language (SLSL)Jaffna Sign Language (endangered)

Tamil is spoken across Tamil Nadu in India, Sri Lanka, and Singapore. In India, the deaf Tamil community uses Indian Sign Language (ISL). In Sri Lanka, the deaf community uses Sri Lankan Sign Language (SLSL). A distinct Jaffna sign language developed among Tamil-speaking deaf people in northern Sri Lanka, but it is now considered endangered as SLSL standardization spreads across the island.

Tamil Nadu has one of India's largest deaf populations. Sign language interpreters in formal settings are scarce, and most educators in deaf schools are not trained in ISL. Accessibility in hospitals and government offices follows the same pattern as across India generally — limited and rarely available without advance arrangement.

For hard of hearing Tamil speakers, the situation varies significantly by location. Singapore has stronger accessibility infrastructure. Sri Lanka's Tamil-speaking regions have limited formal support. The Tamil diaspora spans the UK, Canada, and Malaysia, and Captio AI is used across all these contexts to follow spoken Tamil in real time.

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Reviews

People love Captio AI

"My meetings at work in Chennai are in Tamil and move fast. Captio AI captions every speaker as they talk. I use it every day."

Kavitha 🇮🇳
kavitha.r***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Chennai

"I use Captio AI at my hospital in Coimbatore. Doctors speak fast Tamil and there is no interpreter. Captio AI gives me a transcript of the consultation."

Ramesh 🇮🇳
ramesh.k***@gmail.com
Deaf, Coimbatore

"I live in Jaffna and speak Sri Lankan Tamil. Captio AI handles it well enough for everyday conversations. I use it at work and at appointments."

Priya 🇱🇰
priya.n***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Jaffna

"In Singapore Tamil is mixed with English constantly. Captio AI handles both. I use it at work and at family gatherings."

Sanjay 🇸🇬
sanjay.v***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Singapore

"My hearing started declining two years ago. I use Captio AI in Madurai for doctor appointments. Tamil medical vocabulary is handled accurately."

Nandini 🇮🇳
nandini.s***@gmail.com
Progressive hearing loss, Madurai

"I grew up in London but Tamil is my home language. Captio AI follows Tamil at normal conversation speed accurately. I use it at family gatherings."

Arjun 🇬🇧
arjun.t***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, London

"My meetings at work in Chennai are in Tamil and move fast. Captio AI captions every speaker as they talk. I use it every day."

Kavitha 🇮🇳
kavitha.r***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Chennai

"I use Captio AI at my hospital in Coimbatore. Doctors speak fast Tamil and there is no interpreter. Captio AI gives me a transcript of the consultation."

Ramesh 🇮🇳
ramesh.k***@gmail.com
Deaf, Coimbatore

"I live in Jaffna and speak Sri Lankan Tamil. Captio AI handles it well enough for everyday conversations. I use it at work and at appointments."

Priya 🇱🇰
priya.n***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Jaffna

"In Singapore Tamil is mixed with English constantly. Captio AI handles both. I use it at work and at family gatherings."

Sanjay 🇸🇬
sanjay.v***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Singapore

"My hearing started declining two years ago. I use Captio AI in Madurai for doctor appointments. Tamil medical vocabulary is handled accurately."

Nandini 🇮🇳
nandini.s***@gmail.com
Progressive hearing loss, Madurai

"I grew up in London but Tamil is my home language. Captio AI follows Tamil at normal conversation speed accurately. I use it at family gatherings."

Arjun 🇬🇧
arjun.t***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, London

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