Olive Smart Ear / Olive Pro

by Olive Union

Affordable hearing assistance earbuds with app-tuned amplification.

TL;DR

Affordable hearing assistance earbuds with app-tuned amplification.

Best for users wanting low-cost hearing assistance + standard Bluetooth music in one earbud. Pricing: From $299 device.

Category
Products
License
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Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
From $299 device
Platforms
Hardware, iOS, Android

What it is

Olive Union's Smart Ear and Olive Pro are OTC hearing-assist earbuds with self-fit hearing tests in the companion app. They focus on amplification and noise filtering, not transcription.

Best for: Users wanting low-cost hearing assistance + standard Bluetooth music in one earbud.
Watch out for: Not transcription — pure audio amplification; partner with phone-side captioning apps for transcript output.

Install / use

oliveunion.com — pair via the Olive Sound app

Features

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

Olive Smart Ear / Olive Pro vs Whipscribe

FeatureOlive Smart Ear / Olive ProWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingFrom $299 devicefree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestamps—Yes
Streaming—No
Languages199
PlatformsHardware, iOS, AndroidWeb, API, MCP

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