Ava

Ava offers live captions and transcriptions for videoconferencing and in-person meetings, a service designed to let Deaf and hard-of-hearing people communicate at any time. With AI technology and human captioners, Ava can provide live captions that are accurate and reliable, and it's designed to work in a variety of situations in your personal and professional life.

Ava works on Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices, so you can get captions on whatever device you prefer. Among its features:

• Live Captions: Ava's technology can caption conversations in real time with no delay.
• Always-on-top Captions Bar: The subtitles bar can be moved and resized for the look you want.
• Speaker Identification: Ava can identify who's speaking so you can keep up with conversations.
• Transcripts: You can save and generate summaries of conversations with a click.
• Multi-Language Translation: Ava can translate captions in more than 15 languages.
• Offline Mode: Ava works even when your phone or tablet has no network connection.

Ava has several plans to match different needs:

• Free: Good for short conversations and videos, it offers live captions, speaker identification and the always-on-top captions bar.
• Community: Good for important conversations, it adds 3 hours of premium captions per month, up to 40-minute caption sessions and in-app chat and email support. It costs $14 per month.
• Pro and Enterprise: For people who work and companies, it offers features like integration with custom workflows, advanced administrative controls and higher-quality captions.

Ava is of particular interest to Deaf and hard-of-hearing people, but also to companies that want to make sure they're complying with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Its tiered pricing and user-friendly interface mean it can be used in a variety of settings, including education, health care and retail. People who use it say it's helped them gain independence and understand what's going on in their lives.

If you want to try Ava, you can download the desktop app or mobile apps and sign up for a plan. Ava offers online training webinars and support to get you started and to help you get the most out of its features.

Published on June 13, 2024