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Speaksee

Speaksee

Shows captions from a dedicated microphone kit, with speaker-specific microphones.

Features

Unless noted, features apply to iPhone, iPad, Android, and Browser.

Captions

  • Conditional: Live conversation captions8iPhone · Android · Browser only
  • Not supported: Offline live captions3
  • Supported: Speaker labels
  • Supported: Named speakers
  • Supported: Translated captionsiPhone · iPad · Android only
  • Conditional: Custom vocabulary9
  • Conditional: Caption history10iPhone · iPad · Android only
  • Supported: Shared group captions11
  • Supported: Linked participant microphones
  • Supported: Typed replies12iPhone · iPad · Android only
  • Supported: Caption engineAutomatic speech recognition
  • Supported: Speaker-label methodAssigned microphones

Transcripts & notes

  • Not supported: Audio recording13
  • Conditional: Direct system-audio capture14
  • Supported: Transcript exportiPhone · iPad · Android only

Audio input & output

  • Supported: Audio inputsExternal microphone
  • Supported: Live outputsOn-screen text

Availability & access

  • Supported: Recognition languages1dutch · English (United Kingdom) · English (United States) · french · german · German (Swiss) · italian · Portuguese · spanish · danish · Ukrainian
  • Not supported: Ongoing free core functionality
  • Conditional: Trial access2
  • Supported: Internet required3

Accessibility

  • Supported: Caption text size
  • Supported: Caption contrast controls4iPhone · iPad · Android only
  • Supported: Dark appearanceiPhone · iPad · Android only
  • Supported: Caption display controlsText size · Contrast · ColoriPhone · iPad · Android only

Privacy & data

  • Supported: Audio processingCloud
  • Supported: Data storageDeviceiPhone · iPad · Android only
  • Supported: Model-training policyNot used for model training
  • Supported: Audio retention50 days
  • Supported: Audio sent off device
  • Supported: Text sent off device
  • Conditional: Delete account6
  • Conditional: Download personal data7
  • Not supported: Local-only mode
  1. Languages validated by native speakers; recognition language is set per microphone in the app.
  2. Trial period of the Microphone Kit is offered only in some cases, arranged by contacting Speaksee (hello@speak-see.com); duration and cost not published.
  3. Evidence: Technical Specifications (p. 45).
  4. Evidence: Adjust legibility (p. 32).
  5. Server-side processing copies of speech; developer states speech is not stored and audio is deleted immediately after processing. Evidence: 1.2 Spoken conversations whilst using the service.
  6. By exercising the GDPR erasure right via email to hello@speak-see.com; no in-app account-deletion flow is documented. Evidence: 5. Your rights.
  7. On request by email to hello@speak-see.com under GDPR; no self-service export documented. Evidence: 5. Your rights.
  8. Requires the Speaksee Microphone Kit.
  9. Word list is submitted to Speaksee through an online form (not edited in the app); Speaksee adds it to the account dictionary.
  10. Previous text can be revisited only if the transcript is saved to the device at the end of the conversation (latest app version).
  11. Evidence: Share the session (p. 33).
  12. Evidence: Keyboard Function (p. 34).
  13. Evidence: 1.2 Spoken conversations whilst using the service.
  14. Requires a 3.5 mm audio cable from the source device into the kit base station; the developer notes this feature is currently not fully supported.

Google Play ratings & reviews

Google Play did not publish an aggregate rating for this listing.

Praise

  • One reviewer gives brief positive praise without describing the experience.

Complaints

  • Two reviewers object to the separate hardware requirement or its cost.

Review themes come from 3 sampled reviews. Read reviews on Google Play

Details come from the developer’s official documentation and store listings, last checked Nov 8, 2026. We have not tested this app hands-on. Features can depend on your hearing devices, phone and plan, so confirm compatibility with the manufacturer.

Sources: support.speak-see.com · speak-see.com · apps.apple.com · Suggest a correction