Captio AI
🦻 Accessibility + 💻 Productivity App

Live captions and productivity tool for job interviews

For deaf and hard of hearing people.

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Use Cases

Every situation covered

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

👔In-person interviews

Across a desk or table, in an unfamiliar room, with an interviewer speaking at their normal pace. Place Captio AI on the table between you and read every question in real time without looking like you are struggling.

💻Video interviews

Zoom, Teams, Google Meet. Put the call on speaker, point Captio AI toward the audio, and follow every question and follow-up in real time — regardless of which platform the interview is on.

📞Phone screens and initial calls

The first round most employers run — no video, no lip reading, compressed audio. Captio AI captions the recruiter's voice in real time so you answer every question confidently.

👥Panel interviews

Multiple interviewers, voices switching quickly, questions coming from different directions. Captio AI follows whoever is speaking so you know who asked what and can respond without hesitation.

🌍International and foreign-language interviews

Interviewing for a role abroad or with a company that operates in another language. Live Translator captions the interview in your language so the language barrier does not become a barrier to the role.

🎯Assessment centres

Group exercises, presentations, evaluator feedback. Multiple voices, fast-moving activities, evaluators who do not know to face you. Captio AI covers every spoken element of the day.

Captio AI in everyday use

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Why Captio AI

Built for the room where a missed word has real consequences

Read the full question before you answer

Every word appears on screen as the interviewer speaks. You read the question completely before responding — nothing guessed, nothing reconstructed.

Works in person and on any call format

In-person interviews, video calls, phone screens. Place the phone on the table or point it toward the audio — Captio AI handles every format.

Discreet by design

The app runs quietly on your phone. Place it on the table or hold it naturally. No explanation needed, no drawing attention to the accommodation.

No asking for repeats

Asking an interviewer to repeat a question signals uncertainty. Captio AI means you never need to — you read it in real time and answer with confidence.

Any language

For international roles, multilingual panels, or interviews conducted in a second language. Live Translator captions and translates in real time so language is never the barrier.

Private by default

Interview conversations are sensitive. Captio AI processes audio in real time and discards it immediately — nothing is stored, nothing is shared.

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The Challenge

The interview process was not designed with deaf and HoH candidates in mind

37% of deaf people have experienced discrimination during a job interview (Raliance, 2023). Fewer than 40% of people with a hearing disability work full time, compared to higher rates in the general population (U.S. Census Bureau). These numbers are not driven by a lack of qualifications — deaf and hard of hearing candidates frequently hold the same credentials as hearing peers. They are driven, in part, by what happens in the room during the interview itself.

The interview format is built around speech — fast, unstructured, with no transcript, no repeats, and a dynamic that punishes any sign of confusion. Asking for a repeat is not neutral. It reads as distraction, or a failure to understand the question. Answering the wrong question because you caught part of it is worse. The hearing candidate next to you processed the same question with no effort. You spent cognitive bandwidth on following it. Neither the stakes nor the scoring system accounts for that difference.

Requesting formal accommodations in advance creates its own risk. Research found that deaf job candidates who requested accommodations like sign language interpreters sometimes had their interviews cancelled suddenly (Deaf Job Wizard). Disclosing before the interview opens the door to bias. Not disclosing and struggling in the room produces a different problem. It is a dilemma the hiring process creates — not one the candidate should have to solve.

Captio AI removes the dilemma. You do not need to request anything in advance, explain anything to the interviewer, or ask for a repeat. Place the phone on the table. Read every question as it is asked. Give your best answer. That is all the interview was ever supposed to be.

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Privacy

What you hear stays with you.

Gone the moment it ends

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

100% PRIVATE

Private by default

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Reviews

People love Captio AI

"I used to dread phone interviews. With Captio AI I can read every word in real time. I got the job."

David C. 🇬🇧
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Hard of hearing, Birmingham

"I told the interviewer I would be using a captioning app. She was completely fine with it. I followed every question and the interview went perfectly."

Hana K. 🇨🇿
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Hard of hearing, Prague

"Fast formal Italian in an interview is hard to follow. Captio AI gave me every question clearly. I answered well because I actually heard what was asked."

Marco B. 🇮🇹
marco.b***@gmail.com
Progressive hearing loss, Milan

"Japanese panel interviews are structured but fast. Captio AI made sure I caught every question from every panel member. I went in prepared and came out confident."

Aoi S. 🇯🇵
aoi.s***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Tokyo

"I used to dread phone interviews. With Captio AI I can read every word in real time. I got the job."

David C. 🇬🇧
david.c***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Birmingham

"I told the interviewer I would be using a captioning app. She was completely fine with it. I followed every question and the interview went perfectly."

Hana K. 🇨🇿
hana.k***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Prague

"Fast formal Italian in an interview is hard to follow. Captio AI gave me every question clearly. I answered well because I actually heard what was asked."

Marco B. 🇮🇹
marco.b***@gmail.com
Progressive hearing loss, Milan

"Japanese panel interviews are structured but fast. Captio AI made sure I caught every question from every panel member. I went in prepared and came out confident."

Aoi S. 🇯🇵
aoi.s***@gmail.com
Hard of hearing, Tokyo

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FAQ

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