InnoCaption
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The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.
Free real-time captioned telephone service for hard-of-hearing US users.
Best for uS-based hard-of-hearing users who need free captioned phone calls. Pricing: free · FCC-funded.
What it is
InnoCaption provides free captioned telephone service for hard-of-hearing US users, funded by the FCC Interstate Telecommunications Relay Services fund.
Watch out for: US-only; subsidized by the FCC; verification required.
Install / use
innocaption.com — free, FCC-funded
What people actually do with InnoCaption-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.
Features
| Speaker diarization | No |
| Word-level timestamps | No |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | 2 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
InnoCaption vs Whipscribe
| Feature | InnoCaption | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Products | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | Not verified | $6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free |
| Speaker identification | Not verified | Named in the summary, key quotes and chapters |
| Word timestamps | Not verified | Yes |
| Streaming | Not verified | No |
| Languages | 2 | 99 |
| Platforms | iOS, Android | Web, API, MCP |
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Frequently asked about InnoCaption
Is InnoCaption free?
Yes. InnoCaption is free (free · FCC-funded).
Does InnoCaption work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
InnoCaption runs on iOS and Android. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond iOS and Android.
How do I get started with InnoCaption?
There is nothing to install — InnoCaption is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.
How many languages does InnoCaption support?
InnoCaption lists 2 languages.
What are the limitations of InnoCaption?
US-only; subsidized by the FCC; verification required.
Who is InnoCaption best for?
US-based hard-of-hearing users who need free captioned phone calls.
Is InnoCaption open source?
No. InnoCaption 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 InnoCaption in the browser?
No — InnoCaption is a iOS and Android application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.
What kind of tool is InnoCaption?
In this directory InnoCaption is filed under product as a product.
What are the alternatives to InnoCaption?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/innocaption-alternatives comparing InnoCaption with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate InnoCaption-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 InnoCaption?
InnoCaption 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 InnoCaption?
$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 InnoCaption 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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Upload the recording or paste a link and download SRT or VTT: see the SRT generator, the YouTube to SRT page and subtitles for any video.
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