Ava

by AVA Inc.

Live captioning app for deaf and hard-of-hearing users — group conversations.

TL;DR

Live captioning app for deaf and hard-of-hearing users — group conversations.

Best for deaf and hard-of-hearing users wanting accurate live captions for group conversations and meetings. Pricing: free / paid plans.

What it is

AVA is a leading accessibility-first live-captioning app. Multi-speaker mode pairs phones so each speaker contributes their own clean audio. Used widely in the deaf community.

Best for: Deaf and hard-of-hearing users wanting accurate live captions for group conversations and meetings.
Watch out for: Group conversation mode benefits from each speaker installing the app.

Install / use

ava.me — free tier, paid plans

Features

Speaker diarization	No
Word-level timestamps	No
Streaming / real-time	No
Languages supported	20
HIPAA eligible	No

Ava vs Whipscribe

Feature	Ava	Whipscribe
Category	Products	Transcription APIs
Pricing	free / paid plans	free beta
Speaker diarization	—	Yes
Word timestamps	—	Yes
Streaming	—	No
Languages	20	99
Platforms	iOS, Android, Web, macOS, Windows	Web, API, MCP

Alternatives to Ava

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Rev

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Descript

Audio/video editor that treats the transcript as the timeline — different product category.

free / from $12/mo

Whipscribe is a managed faster-whisper + whisperX service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.