Caption Any Conversation

Press and hold the screen, and eyeHear listens through your device's microphone and shows what the person in front of you is saying in large, easy-to-read text, as they say it.

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Built for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Free on iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo. No account, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Example caption: “Grandma wants to hear all about your trip.” An illustration, not a live recording.

On iPhone Duo, captions fill the open screen.

New in 1.7 Open it, and captions get the whole inside screen, about twice as wide as the outside one. History sits beside your conversations, and Split View and a second window work too.

Show iPhone Duo closed or open
eyeHear open on iPhone Duo's inside screen: the caption So the appointment is half past two on Thursday fills the screen in large type, across three lines.eyeHear on the closed iPhone Duo's outside screen: the same caption, across five lines, in the narrower portrait screen.

Closed · 5.4-inch (diagonal) outside screenOpen · 7.6-inch (diagonal) inside screen

History on the open iPhone Duo: conversations listed under Today and Yesterday in a column on the left, and the selected conversation, So the appointment is half past two on Thursday, open on the right.

History beside your conversations.

Find an earlier one in the column on the left and read it on the right.

Split View and more than one window.

Keep eyeHear on one side of the screen, or open a second eyeHear window.

Press and hold.

A real screen recording from eyeHear 1.7.
  1. Open eyeHear.There's no button to find. The whole screen is the control.
  2. Press and hold anywhere.The screen turns gray while eyeHear listens, and words appear as they're said.
  3. Let go to stop.The conversation is saved to History on your device, when History is on.

Using VoiceOver or Switch Control? The screen is one button that reads “Start captioning,” then “Stop captioning.” No holding required.

Text as big as you need.

New in 1.7 Let captions start large and shrink to fit as more words arrive, or pick a fixed size, up to very large text.

The Caption Size screen in eyeHear 1.7: a sample paragraph at the chosen size, a Shrink to Fit and Fixed Size switch, a Smallest to largest slider, and Restore Default Size.

Save every conversation.

New in 1.7 History groups your sessions into conversations, with day headings that make an old one easy to find. Read one again, copy it, or share it if you choose to.

History on iPad: conversations listed by day in a sidebar, with the selected conversation from Tuesday, October 6 open on the right.
History on iPhone: Today, Yesterday and Saturday, October 3, each with conversations such as Your prescription will be ready at four.

Grouped by day. Today, Yesterday, then the date, so last Saturday's table booking is easy to find.

Fast with months of it. History opens faster and stays smooth, even after months of saved conversations.

Only on your device. History is stored on your iPhone or iPad. eyeHear never receives it.

Rather type it? Type it.

Tap the keyboard button to type a reply and show it in large text.

New in 1.7 “New” saves what you typed to History, when History is on, and starts a fresh note.

Typing mode in eyeHear: New and Done buttons at the top, the words Type a reply and show it in large text, and the keyboard.

Free, private, no account

Free.

No ads, no subscription, and no in-app purchases.

Private.

Your captions stay on your device. eyeHear never receives your audio, your captions, or a record of your usage.

No account.

Open the app and start. There's nothing to sign up for.

eyeHear uses Apple's speech recognition. When your device and language support it, recognition runs entirely on your device. Otherwise iOS sends the audio to Apple to produce captions, never to us.

On iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo.

One free app, and your captions look right on each screen.

eyeHear on iPhone: the caption So the appointment is half past two on Thursday, in large type.
eyeHear on the open iPhone Duo: the same caption across the whole inside screen, in three lines.
eyeHear on iPad: the same caption, in large type on a full-size page.
  • iPhoneCaptions you can hand across the table.
  • iPhone DuoOpen it and captions use the whole inside screen.
  • iPadA large page of text for a meeting room or a classroom.

Requires iOS 18.6 or later. Free on the App Store.

What people tell us

Before I learned of this application from his audiologist, we were using a dry erase board to communicate with him. Use of this application has markedly improved the quality of our communication.

★★★★★App Store review excerpt

It was life-changing for my dad and for my family. It allowed us to have normal conversations with him, which otherwise would not have been possible.

★★★★★App Store review excerpt

eyeHear is an aid, not a substitute for a qualified human interpreter or CART provider. Occasional mistakes can happen, especially with strong accents, fast speech, or noisy rooms. eyeHear is not a formal accommodation and is not intended for emergency, medical, legal, or financial situations.

Caption Any Conversation

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We built eyeHear so everyone, especially our friends who are deaf or hard of hearing, can take part in every conversation. Free on iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo.

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