Hearing Helper - Live Captions1.7 - App Store

Hearing Helper is specifically designed for anyone trying to talk with HoH (Hard of Hearing), Deaf, or ESL (English as a Second Language) friends and family.

Simply push and hold the mic to translate speech-to-text with Apple's Siri technology.

Tap to quick-edit incorrect words. And make anything you say BIG!

Hearing Helper sits in the background of your conversations, so you can focus on what's being said.

Users love it:
“Just so you know, this app has changed my 86 year old mother's life. It is simple and easy for her and her friends to use. This is so important for the elderly since so many other apps are way too complicated. She can really have one on one conversations, especially with me, which is so very important.”
- Mark M

Doctors trust it:
"I use this w my HOH senior patients when the hearing aides aren't even enough to compensate for the hearing loss. This works great. I have recommended it to my nursing/CNA staff to use as well.”
- Istariken

Hearing Helper is also really helpful for communicating with family and friends who aren't as comfortable speaking English but can read it well.

Features
- Push and hold the mic for speech to text in real time
- Tap on the text to quick edit incorrect words
- Change the font size up to 100pts (That's big!)
- Simple, easy-to-follow instructions

I designed this app to help my family talk with my 100-year-old grandfather who's hard of hearing, and now even his roommate uses it to communicate with him!

If you find this app, I hope it helps you better communicate with your loved ones.

Version History ► NEW! Go Pro with our sister app Live Transcribe for a more advanced captioning experience. 1.7 07/13/2021 ► IMPROVED! Transcription reliability
We know you depend on Hearing Helper for hundreds of hours of conversation. We made sure to squash a few bugs that were getting in the way.
► FIXED! Proper support for Dark Mode
Things got a little weird when dark mode was enabled. Now we have full support! 1.6 07/22/2020 ► IMPROVED! Transcription reliability
We know you depend on Hearing Helper for hundreds of hours of conversation. We made sure to squash a few bugs that were getting in the way.
► FIXED! Proper support for Dark Mode
Things got a little weird when dark mode was enabled. Now we have full support! 1.5 02/23/2020 ► Improvements under the hood, much excite!
We added better crash logging and made a bunch of other small improvements. We're prepping for some big improvements in upcoming releases. 1.4 12/31/2019 ► FIXED! Broken speech-to-text on iOS 13.2
Turns out iOS 13.2 broke some critical recording functionality in the app. For now I've downgraded everyone on 13.2 to offline speech-to-text so the app will still work. Be sure to upgrade to iOS 13.3 when it comes out to return to the higher quality online speech-to-text engine.
► NEW! Flip
Now you don't need to turn the iPad or iPhone when you're talking face-to-face. Just tap "Flip" and you're good to go!
► NEW! Shake to clear
Give your phone a quick shake to clear text at any time. 1.3 12/08/2019 Quick Update
- Text now scrolls while you speak, so you can see what you're saying
- Moved the text size picker to make it easier to use 1.2 06/23/2018 I loved making this app better, hope you enjoy the improvements!
- Press to hold to speak
- New tapitic feedback
- Quick edit speech text
- Some nice animations
- Better instructions 1.1 06/19/2018 1.0 05/30/2018