Hear: Live Captions

See what people say, as they say it. Live captions in large, clear text, right on your iPhone. Nothing is recorded, saved, or sent anywhere.

See what people say, as they say it.

Hear turns the speech around you into live captions on your iPhone, in large, clear text. Point your phone at whoever is talking and their words appear on screen almost as they're spoken.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Everything happens on your iPhone. Your conversations never leave it. • Nothing is recorded and nothing is saved. Press Stop and the words are gone. • No account, no ads, no tracking.

MADE TO BE EASY TO READ • Large text from the start, with A− and A+ to make it smaller or bigger. • Dark mode or light mode. • The words being spoken stand out, while earlier ones step back. • Hold your phone upside down if that's easier, and the screen turns so you can still read it.

PAUSE AND READ BACK • Pause stops listening and keeps the conversation on screen to scroll through. • Resume carries on where you left off. • Stop clears everything.

WORKS WITHOUT THE INTERNET After a one-time download of the speech model (about 610 MB, Wi-Fi recommended), Hear works anywhere, even in airplane mode.

GOOD TO KNOW • Hear understands English only for now. • Automatic captions can contain mistakes, especially with background noise or several people talking at once. Don't rely on them where a mistake could be serious. • Hear is not a medical device, and it doesn't replace a hearing aid or a professional interpreter.