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Live Captions: ekto
Translate Speech in Real Time
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Missing parts of conversations, lectures, or meetings?
Ekto is a real-time live captions and translation app for in-person conversations, classrooms, lectures, meetings, conferences, and travel. It turns spoken language into easy-to-read live text and translated subtitles, so you can understand what people are saying as they speak, even from across the room.
Use Ekto when you need:
- live captions for conversations, lectures, and meetings
- real-time speech-to-text for everyday communication
- live translation into your preferred language
- two-way translation for conversations between two people
- better access to speech in noisy rooms or from a distance
Ekto is especially helpful for:
- deaf and hard of hearing users
- international students
- multilingual families and travelers
- professionals in meetings, presentations, and conferences
- anyone who wants to follow speech more clearly in real time
Key Features
- Live Captions: Convert speech into real-time text with automatic language detection
- Live Translation: Translate speech into your language with live subtitles
- Two-Way Conversation Mode: Help two people communicate across different languages in real time
- Distance Speech Capture: Capture and transcribe speech from across the room
- AI Summaries: Generate clear summaries and key takeaways from conversations, lectures, and meetings
- Save Transcripts: Keep transcripts securely on your device for later review
- Private and Secure: Audio is processed in real time and is never recorded or stored on a server
- No AI Training: Your audio and transcripts are never used to train AI models
- High Visibility Display: High-contrast captions and adjustable text size for easier reading
Premium Features
- Real-time translation modes
- Unlimited saved transcripts and translations
- Built for both quick conversations and longer all-day use
Requirements
- Internet connection required for live captions and translation
- Microphone access required for speech recognition
Terms of Service: https://www.verby.co/ekto/terms
Privacy Policy: https://www.verby.co/ekto/privacy
Ratings & Reviews
Understand anyone, anywhere with live captions & translation.
v1.20.7 - Improvements and bug fixes for a smoother experience.
The developer, Anthony Ho, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Anthony Ho
- Size
- 21 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 4 more
- English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Yearly Unlimited PRO $134.99
- Weekly Unlimited PRO $12.99
- Monthly Unlimited PRO $24.99
- Copyright
- © Anthony Ho