Live Transcribe & Notification

Live captions for everyday conversations

Live Transcribe & Notification turns spoken words into text as people talk. It is built for users who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as anyone who needs written captions in a conversation, meeting, classroom, or noisy public place. The app focuses on immediate communication rather than recording or editing audio later.

Speech and sound alerts

Live Transcribe displays speech on screen in real time and supports more than 120 languages and dialects. Users can also receive notifications for important sounds, including smoke alarms, doorbells, and a crying baby. That makes it useful beyond face-to-face conversation, especially when an environmental sound may be easy to miss.

• Add names or frequently used terms to improve recognition of personal vocabulary.
• Set the phone to vibrate when a chosen name is detected.
• Use compatible wired, USB, or Bluetooth microphones when the phone needs help picking up distant or unclear speech.
• On supported foldable phones, show the transcription on the outer display while sharing the screen with another person.

Who it suits

This is a practical accessibility tool for daily communication, from short exchanges at a counter to longer discussions where reading captions is easier than following speech. The uncluttered layout keeps the text prominent, and quick access options help users start transcription when a conversation begins.

App details

Developer: Research at Google
Category: Communication
Rating: 3.60516 from 234,515 reviews
Installs: 1,000,000,000+