The AI-powered captioning app now offers real-time captions and saved transcripts for face-to-face conversations, with on-device processing that works offline in 45 languages on iPhone.
Rogervoice, an AI-powered captioning app built for people with hearing loss, has launched a free in-person captioning feature that brings real-time captions and saved transcripts to face-to-face conversations. The new capability is available through a dedicated Live tab in the Rogervoice app and works offline, with all processing running directly on the user’s device so conversation data never leaves the phone.
The feature supports 45 languages on iPhone and 15 on Android, and is designed to cover the range of everyday settings where hearing loss creates barriers — from medical appointments and workplace meetings to social gatherings. Speech appears in real time within an adjustable, full-width caption area, and sessions can be revisited and exported as transcripts after the fact.
The launch extends Rogervoice’s existing phone-call captioning platform into the in-person space, consolidating both use cases into a single app. Captioned calls through Rogervoice are FCC-certified and free for eligible users, while in-person captioning is free for all users. The app uses AI-only captioning with no human listener, no ads, and no data sold.
“Earlier this year in our State of the Phone Call Survey, we found that 60% of Americans believe phone calls are not fully accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. But conversations don’t stop at the end of a call. People need to keep up at work, at the doctor’s office and with the people they love. We built Rogervoice around that reality, and in-person captioning is another way to help people stay connected and keep moving on their own terms,” says Olivier Jeannel, founder of Rogervoice, who has been deaf since age two, in a release.
Context and Recognition
Founded in 2014, Rogervoice has captioned more than 12 million calls in over 100 languages. The company has seen a string of industry recognition in 2026, including winning the AI for Good category at The A.I. Awards and the Hearing Technology Innovator Award in the Captioning Technologies: Mobile Apps category. The company was also named a finalist in The Anthem Awards and ranked No. 3 on TechRound’s US50 list of American startups to watch.
For hearing care professionals, the addition of in-person captioning to an already FCC-certified platform may be worth noting as a patient-facing resource — particularly for individuals who rely on captioning support beyond phone calls. The app’s offline functionality and privacy-forward architecture (no data leaves the device) may address concerns that have made some patients hesitant to adopt cloud-dependent captioning tools.
The Rogervoice app is available as a free download on the App Store and Google Play. More information is available at rogervoice.com/app.
