Live Transcribe

Live Transcribe
Developer(s)Google Research
Initial releaseFebruary 4, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-02-04)
Stable release
6.6.602963593[1] / February 5, 2024; 9 months ago (2024-02-05)
Operating systemAndroid
Size4mb
TypeAccessibility
LicenseOpen Source
Websitewww.android.com/accessibility/live-transcribe/

Live Transcribe is a smartphone application to get realtime captions developed by Google for the Android operating system. Development on the application began in partnership with Gallaudet University.[2] It was publicly released as a free beta for Android 5.0+ on the Google Play Store on February 4, 2019.[3] As of early 2023 it had been downloaded over 500 million times.[4] The app can be installed from an .apk file by sideloading and it will launch, but the actual transcription functionality is disabled, requiring creation of an account with Google.

  1. ^ "Live Transcribe & Notification APKs". APKMirror. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "Meet the Deaf Developer Behind Google's Live Transcribe App". 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  3. ^ Dieter Bohn (2019-02-04). "Google Live Transcribe could be a big help for people who are deaf or hard of hearing". TheVerge.
  4. ^ "Live Transcribe & Notification". Google Play. Retrieved 2023-02-11.