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NALscribe: live captions 4+
Speech-to-text hearing help
National Acoustic Laboratories
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
NALscribe is an easy-to-use live speech captioning tool to help people with hearing difficulties understand speech and conversations, designed to increase hearing accessibility and inclusivity for all users.
National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) developed NALscribe to increase understanding and decrease stress levels for the hard of hearing and those communicating with them.
NALscribe is especially beneficial when the person speaking is wearing a mask or face-shield, when communication is more difficult because the lips are hidden and sound is muffled.
Full functionality is available to anyone to download and use - at no cost to install or run.
ACCURATE SPEECH TO TEXT SCRIBING
NALscribe accurately converts speech into text in real-time as a person is speaking. Designed for business use with iPad (e.g. customer service, health appointments) and iPhone/iPad personal use to support people with hearing difficulties, NALscribe provides continuous speech captioning with no timeout and unlimited minutes. It’s always ready to go and won’t cut out unexpectedly mid-sentence – meaning less time fussing with controls and more time concentrating on clients and your core business.
OFFLINE MODE
NALscribe is designed to be used on- or off-line. While slightly higher recognition accuracy is available online, offline mode provides enhanced speech data security / privacy or where no reliable internet connection is available.
AUTO ERASE SCREEN
NALscribe can automatically clear captions depending on the desired privacy
1. Enhanced Privacy: text is cleared after 20 seconds of speech inactivity - most useful in public settings such as reception or enquiry desks
2. Privacy: text is cleared from the screen 60 seconds after speech inactivity
3. Off: text remains on the screen and the entire conversation can be saved to review later - most useful during private conversations and for personal use
ACCESSIBILITY
Designed to support communication for anyone with hearing difficulties NALscribe includes features to make communication more accessible for all.
Caption size can be adjusted to be very large to ensure ease of reading. NALscribe also automatically scales other textual content according to the text size user preferences of the device. Very large text is optimal for use in business settings where a common iPad is used to increase accessibility for all customers. VoiceOver is also supported for vision accessibility.
NALscribe has an option to switch to dark background and includes automatic paragraph formatting of text to improve readability.
LANGUAGE SUPPORT
NALscribe includes transcription for spoken languages including English (Australia, US, UK and Canada), French, Spanish, Arabic, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin), Korean, Portuguese, Danish, Dutch and Russian. Language models can be downloaded to be used offline (with selected devices with iOS13+) at no additional cost, with no limits on use.
SAVE, EDIT AND SHARE TRANSCRIPTIONS
Save and share transcriptions to ensure no details are lost from a conversation. Entire conversations can be saved, viewed, edited and added to over time.
Transcripts can be edited on screen or prior to sharing to ensure accuracy, then shared by email or text message through NALscribe, so all participants of the conversation have access.
RISK MANAGEMENT
NALscribe’s profanity filter stops offensive or derogatory language from inadvertently appearing on the screen (English).
TRANSLATION
NALscribe provides translation (with iOS15+) between 12 supported languages: English (US, UK), French, Spanish, Arabic, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin), Korean, Portuguese and Russian. Transcribed words and phrases can be selected on screen and a written and audio translation is available. All languages can be downloaded to be used offline and at no additional cost with no limits for use.
T&Cs: www.nal.gov.au/nalscribe-terms
What’s New
Version 1.7
Resolved minor bugs to enhance your experience. If you encounter any issues or have feedback, please contact us at feedback@nal.gov.au.
Ratings and Reviews
Sanity saver - great app
This app has been a sanity saver for me since my elderly father lost his hearing following an operation last year. Being his primary carer and having to attend a high number of health appointments and the likes with dad this app has helped me and others communicate with dad. Before finding this app it was very difficult and time consuming having to write often detailed information down for him. I have to be particularly careful with my diction & make sure I check and edit before showing dad what I said but that is still so much easier than writing everything down. Dads Doctor now uses this app with him & loves it.
Game Changer
I can’t tell you how excited I am to have this app. I have been working for Hearing Australia for 10 years and have resorted to pen and paper many times when verbal communication has been impossible. This app will make such a difference to do many people. It will facilitate easier communication
In so many settings, Hearing centres, aged care, banks, retail, health care, any setting where accurate communication is important.
I particularly love the adjustable letter size and dark background, do much better for people who may also be vision impaired.
Love your work NAL 💙
Best App for Aussies
I have been using the NALscribe app for about a year. I am deaf and have tried other apps, but found this one to be perfect for the Australian lingo. I can lip/speech read, but the app helps immensely with lazy speakers, mask wearers and mumblers who are difficult to lip read. My only issue is that sometimes the microphone doesn’t pick up speech and I have to reset the app. It’s probably more a problem with the iPhone microphone than the app itself. I recommend the app.
App Privacy
The developer, National Acoustic Laboratories, 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 Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- National Acoustic Laboratories
- Size
- 8.3 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2021 National Acoustic Laboratories
- Price
- Free