Talk Captions – Speech to Text
Helps face-to-face talk
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Instantly transcribe speech into text. Show it to the other person without switching apps or changing how you hold your phone—built for smooth face-to-face communication.
Talk Captions is a text-based communication app designed to support conversations with people who have difficulty hearing.
The app is designed specifically for face-to-face communication, where you show the screen to the other person.
Your spoken words are instantly converted into text, and the screen can remain mirrored, allowing the other person to read the text in the correct orientation.
This means you can keep the microphone close to your mouth without needing to turn the phone around.
In addition to communication with people who have hearing difficulties, the app is useful in situations such as:
• Noisy environments
• Conversations while wearing a mask
• Situations where speaking is temporarily difficult
We focused on making the app simple and intuitive.
No complicated features.
Just type or speak, and show the message.
Anyone can start using it immediately.
Who This App Is For
• People with hearing difficulties or elderly users
• Anyone who wants to communicate face-to-face with someone who has hearing loss
• People in environments where voices are hard to hear due to noise or masks
• Situations where speaking or hearing is temporarily difficult
• People who want to quickly write and show messages like a digital memo
• Anyone who wants to support simple written communication with elderly people, children, or foreigners
Key Features
1. Mirror Display (Perfect for Face-to-Face Use)
Text displayed on the screen can be flipped horizontally or vertically, allowing the person in front of you to read it naturally.
There is no need to turn or hand over the smartphone.
2. Voice Input
Your spoken words are converted into text in real time.
Simply speak to instantly display the message.
3. Keyboard Input
Supports standard text input via the keyboard.
Useful for short conversations or additional explanations.
4. Handwriting & Drawing
Write text or draw illustrations with your finger and show them directly on the screen.
Perfect for expressing things that are difficult to say with words.
5. Adjustable Pen Size
From small notes to large characters, the pen size can be freely adjusted for better visibility.
6. Writing Guide Lines
Guidelines help you write text neatly and straight.
You can toggle them on or off anytime.
7. Color Inversion & Display Adjustment
Switch between background and text colors to ensure the best contrast depending on brightness and environment.
Useful Situations
• Face-to-face conversations with people who have hearing impairments
• Conversations in noisy environments or while wearing masks
• When you temporarily cannot speak
• Customer service, medical, or caregiving situations where quick visual communication is needed
Designed for Comfortable Communication
Talk Captions prioritizes readability for the person viewing the screen.
To deliver important words quickly and easily.
Making face-to-face communication more natural and more accessible.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app has not received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
Added a feature to adjust character spacing.
Improved some features and updated the UI.
The developer, Takashi Sato, 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:
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Takashi Sato
- Size
- 27.8 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 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.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Japanese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2025 Takashi Sato