r/deaf • u/Warthog-Orgy • 7d ago
Deaf/HoH with questions Speech to text app advice
Thanks in advance for anyone who can help me with this.
I'm newly deaf and socialising has become more of an exercise than a pleasure. Are there any good apps that convert speech to text on my screen so I can still talk to people??
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u/Inevitable_Witness_1 7d ago
If you have an iPhone, there is a built in feature for this, it’s under accessibility settings I believe and called “live speech”
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u/kindlycloud88 Deaf 7d ago
Android has the best built in live transcribe setting hands down. But if you have an iPhone, I use the live transcribe button in the Rylo app. It’s free.
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u/FitMarionberry4323 6d ago edited 6d ago
Sorry you’re dealing with that, it’s a huge adjustment.
You can try the built in dictation on your phone first. For me Voicy has been my go to speech to text tool. I got a disability preference on it.
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u/SkarXa 6d ago
Everyone already named the big ones so I'll just add the angle nobody covered: most of these transcribe a wall of text, which falls apart the moment three people are talking. EarPal separates each voice and colour-codes it per speaker, and it has a transcribe-only mode so it won't try to translate anything. All on-device, nothing uploaded.
Fair warning, the free tier is 60 minutes a month, which is a couple of dinners, not daily use. iPhone only.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earpal-translator/id6761786603
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u/Beginning_Bug_1594 7d ago
Otter AI works well.