Observed arrival · 2026-10-14
Ozen: captions for the room
A free, open-source live-captioning tool for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, with versions for iPhone, iPad, and Android.
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- Deaf and hard-of-hearing people
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- After a one-time download, captions can run on the phone without internet; the site cautions that sound leaves the phone only for optional services.
Field notes
Users can set a name alert, identify familiar speakers, star or copy caption lines, and teach the tool a word's spelling. For replies, they can type phrases for the phone to speak or turn the screen toward someone to write back. The site says captions work offline after a one-time download and describes an optional home-computer setup for a larger speech model. Ozen is in early testing and is not yet in app stores.
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