Eargo

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Invisible OTC hearing aids tuned by app, with telecare support.

Hardware, iOS, Android  ·  From $1,650 pair

TL;DR

Best for adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss who want an invisible OTC hearing aid. Pricing: From $1,650 pair.

Category
Products
Pricing
From $1,650 pair
Platforms
Hardware, iOS, Android

What it is

Eargo is an in-ear OTC hearing-aid brand. The app handles fit and DSP profile; the device itself is amplification + directional mic + noise reduction. Pair with phone-side captioning apps if you need text.

Best for: Adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss who want an invisible OTC hearing aid.
Watch out for: Not transcription — pure hearing amplification; the Eargo platform itself does not output text.

Install / use

eargo.com — direct-to-consumer; included telecare hearing test

What people actually do with Eargo-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Google DriveMake.comZapiern8nZoomSlack

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported1
HIPAA eligibleNo

Eargo vs Whipscribe

FeatureEargoWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages199
PlatformsHardware, iOS, AndroidWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Eargo

Frequently asked about Eargo

How much does Eargo cost?

Eargo is a paid product — published pricing: From $1,650 pair. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.

Does Eargo work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Eargo runs on Hardware, iOS and Android.

How do I get started with Eargo?

There is nothing to install — Eargo is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

How many languages does Eargo support?

Eargo lists 1 languages.

What are the limitations of Eargo?

Not transcription — pure hearing amplification; the Eargo platform itself does not output text.

Who is Eargo best for?

Adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss who want an invisible OTC hearing aid.

Is Eargo open source?

No. Eargo is a proprietary product. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Can I use Eargo in the browser?

No — Eargo is a Hardware, iOS and Android application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.

What kind of tool is Eargo?

In this directory Eargo is filed under hearable, accessibility as a product.

What are the alternatives to Eargo?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/eargo-alternatives comparing Eargo with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Eargo-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from Eargo?

Eargo is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Eargo?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the Eargo category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a hosted transcription 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.

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