Live captions and productivity tool for tv & media
For deaf and hard of hearing people.
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Everything you need to follow tv & media
Four tools built for deaf and hard of hearing people.
Captions anything playing in real time
- Point the phone toward the speaker and read along
- Works on any TV, laptop, tablet, or phone
- No subtitle file required — captions from the audio directly
- Faster than pre-generated subtitles for live content
Watch content in any language
- Foreign films, foreign news, foreign YouTube — all translated in real time
- They speak their language — you read in yours
- 60+ languages, no setup
- Works as content plays
Full transcript of any recording
- Upload a recording and get the complete written transcript
- For lectures, podcasts, talks, or any long-form content
- Searchable and copyable
- Any language, any format
Key points from any content
- Main ideas and takeaways from any transcript
- Useful for news, documentaries, and long-form content
- Organised into clear sections
- Works on any saved recording
Free to start
Download on theApp StoreEvery situation covered
Designed for the real moments that matter — not just quiet controlled environments.
Pre-generated subtitles lag behind live content. Captio AI captions in real time so you read what is being said as it is said — not a sentence behind.
Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV, and every other platform — subtitles vary in quality, accuracy, and availability. Captio AI works as a consistent fallback for any content that fails to deliver.
Auto-generated captions on YouTube are often inaccurate. Social media video rarely has any. Captio AI captions whatever is playing — on any platform, on any device.
A film in French, a documentary in Japanese, a news broadcast in Arabic. Live Translator captions and translates in real time as content plays — so language is never a barrier to watching.
Not every showing has open captions. Captio AI gives you real-time captions at any cinema showing — hold the phone near the audio output and read along discreetly.
Most podcasts have no transcripts. Hold Captio AI near the audio output or upload a recording. Get the full content in writing — without depending on the creator to have provided it.
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Captions any content in real time
Point the phone toward any speaker — TV, laptop, tablet, cinema screen. Captio AI captions whatever is playing, regardless of whether that platform provides subtitles.
Faster than built-in subtitles for live content
Pre-generated subtitles lag behind live TV by several seconds. Captio AI captions in real time — so you read what is being said as it is being said.
Works on any screen or device
No integration required. Point the phone toward the audio source — the same approach works for a large TV, a laptop screen, a cinema, or a phone held at arm's length.
Any language, translated in real time
For foreign-language content, switch to Live Translator. It translates as content plays — so a French film, a German documentary, or a Japanese series all become watchable.
No subtitle file needed
Captio AI captions from the audio directly. No subtitle file, no platform support, no creator requirement. If audio plays, Captio AI can caption it.
More accurate than auto-generated captions
The industry average for AI-generated subtitles is a 10–15% word error rate — roughly 1 in 10 words wrong (3Play Media). Captio AI is built for accuracy in real-world audio conditions.
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Download on theApp StoreSubtitles exist. That does not mean they work.
Research from the European Commission found that subtitles as currently provided on television are not sufficient to give hearing-impaired viewers full comprehension of content. One study found that only 2% of participants watching an animation with standard subtitles understood what it was about — compared to 65.5% of participants who received improved subtitles (EurekAlert). The problem is not the absence of subtitles. It is the quality of the ones that exist.
The industry average for AI-generated transcription and subtitling is a 10–15% word error rate — meaning roughly 1 in 10 words is wrong (3Play Media). For hearing viewers watching with captions for preference, this is a minor inconvenience. For deaf and hard of hearing viewers who depend on captions to follow the content at all, a 10% error rate means a meaningful portion of every sentence is corrupted. The subtitle is there. It just does not say what was actually said.
Live TV is worst of all. Pre-generated subtitles cannot exist for content that has not been produced yet — so live news, sport, and events rely on real-time automated subtitling that frequently lags by several seconds and degrades in accuracy during fast speech. For a deaf or hard of hearing viewer watching a live event, the subtitles describe what happened several seconds ago. For foreign-language content, social media video, and most user-generated content, subtitles are often absent entirely.
Captio AI does not depend on the platform, the creator, or the subtitle system. Point the phone toward any audio source and read captions in real time — faster than live TV subtitles, more accurate than auto-generated captions, and available for any content on any screen.
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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.
Private by default
Download on theApp StoreCaptio AI supports 60+ languages
People love Captio AI
"Netflix subtitles are often wrong or lag by several seconds. Captio AI gives me captions that match what is actually being said, in real time."
"French live news with Captio AI. The built-in subtitles were always several seconds behind. Captio AI is right there with what is being said."
"I use Captio AI for any content that does not have reliable subtitles. That covers most of what I watch — news, YouTube, anything live."
"Korean streaming has reasonable subtitles. For live news, YouTube, and foreign shows, Captio AI fills the gap completely."
"Netflix subtitles are often wrong or lag by several seconds. Captio AI gives me captions that match what is actually being said, in real time."
"French live news with Captio AI. The built-in subtitles were always several seconds behind. Captio AI is right there with what is being said."
"I use Captio AI for any content that does not have reliable subtitles. That covers most of what I watch — news, YouTube, anything live."
"Korean streaming has reasonable subtitles. For live news, YouTube, and foreign shows, Captio AI fills the gap completely."
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Watch anything. Without depending on subtitles.
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