Google Live Transcribe (Education)

Name: Google Live Transcribe (Education)
Author: Google

by Google

Free Android live-transcription app used in education accessibility settings.

TL;DR

Free Android live-transcription app used in education accessibility settings.

Best for students and teachers on Android wanting free real-time captions for accessibility. Pricing: free.

What it is

Google Live Transcribe is a free Android app that turns spoken speech into live captions on the phone screen. Widely used by deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

Best for: Students and teachers on Android wanting free real-time captions for accessibility.
Watch out for: Android-only; not designed for classroom recording archives.

Install / use

play.google.com — free

Features

Speaker diarization	No
Word-level timestamps	No
Streaming / real-time	No
Languages supported	80
HIPAA eligible	No

Google Live Transcribe (Education) vs Whipscribe

Feature	Google Live Transcribe (Education)	Whipscribe
Category	Products	Transcription APIs
Pricing	free	free beta
Speaker diarization	—	Yes
Word timestamps	—	Yes
Streaming	—	No
Languages	80	99
Platforms	Android	Web, API, MCP

Alternatives to Google Live Transcribe (Education)

Otter.ai

Meeting-bot transcription product for Zoom/Meet/Teams.

free / from $10/mo

Rev

Human + AI transcription, highest accuracy tier on the market.

AI from $0.25/min · human from $1.50/min

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.