Your phone can caption phone calls and more… Great for the hard of hearing!
iPhone:
Live Captions can show real-time captions during phone calls.
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To turn it on go to Settings then Accessibility and then Live Captions. Toggle to turn it on.
You will have the option to keep the captioned call for 1 minute or 1 hour.
You can also change the font, font size, color and whether it is using bold text.
iPhone Live Captions can work for more than phone calls. They can caption FaceTime and media/audio in apps and browsers.
Android:
Android can show captions for phone calls if your phone supports Live Caption or call transcription.
Try this:
Open Settings, Search for Live Caption or Caption preferences.
Turn on Live Caption. If you see Call captions or Caption during calls, enable that too.
On some phones:
Pixel: Call captions may be available in the Phone app settings.
Samsung: It may be under Accessibility.
You will see other options if available.
Android Live Caption works on media like videos, podcasts, audio messages, and other spoken audio on your device, not just phone calls. It captions speech playing on the phone.
iPhone / Android Notes
Set up Live Caption for phone calls
You can get captions with calls on Pixel and selected Android phones.
To talk with someone on the phone, type responses in real time. The system reads your messages aloud. This feature doesn’t translate and only allows you to converse in your current language.
Tips:
- During calls, to type on the Live Caption dialog box, tap Keyboard.
- If there’s no Keyboard icon, check if "Type responses during calls" is turned on from the Settings. To check, tap Settings Accessibility Live Caption.
Type responses during a phone call
Important: Available on Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro above.
Use this feature to make calls without speech. You get captions of what the other person says and you can type in responses in real time. Your messages are read aloud by the system. This feature doesn’t translate and only allows you to converse in your current language.
To turn type responses on:
1. On your phone, open Settings .
2. Tap Accessibility Live Caption.
3. Turn on Type responses during calls.
During calls, a notification informs you that call captions is on. To start typing, tap Keyboard