UHO Global - captions for deaf
Obstino Tools
App shows live captions for 23 languages in real-time by turning audio into text
- Downloads
- 7+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- No in-app purchases
- Updated
- Sep 28
- 2026 · v3.0.0-beta05
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About UHO Global - captions for deaf
Application "UHO Global - captions for deaf" shows live captions for 23 languages.
It's designed to assist deaf and hard of hearing users.
Captions are generated in real-time based on sound from other apps, using artificial intelligence algorithms.
Application recognizes speech offline without the use of internet.
Application can be used e.g. when viewing YouTube vidoes, podcasts or news media from your browser.
Application also shows captions of active phone call.
Application enables:
• ability to zoom text (zoom gesture on window with captions)
• display captions in multiple lines (tap gesture on window with captions)
• move the window with captions (hold and drag gesture)
Supported languages are: Arabic, Belarusian, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese-English, Croatian, Dutch, English, Esperanto, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese-English, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Marathi, Persian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish-English, Ukrainian.
Application was developed as a part of Obstino - Assistive technology development association.
**Privacy and permissions:**
Internet is NOT used when recognizing speech. App uses internet only upon user confirmation to download speech recognition AI model that runs locally on your device.
Sound captured by the app is NOT saved.
Application NEVER sends neither sound nor transcripts over the internet.
Sound is captured from other applications, or from the device's microphone.
Sound is captured when user initiates this action by pressing the Start button inside the Application.
Sound from device's microphone is captured to show captions during a phone call.
The application utilizes the AccessibilityService API solely to draw the captions window and capture device's microphone during active phone call.
Privacy policy: https://obstino.org/uho_captions/privacy.html
EULA: https://obstino.org/uho_captions/eula.html
It's designed to assist deaf and hard of hearing users.
Captions are generated in real-time based on sound from other apps, using artificial intelligence algorithms.
Application recognizes speech offline without the use of internet.
Application can be used e.g. when viewing YouTube vidoes, podcasts or news media from your browser.
Application also shows captions of active phone call.
Application enables:
• ability to zoom text (zoom gesture on window with captions)
• display captions in multiple lines (tap gesture on window with captions)
• move the window with captions (hold and drag gesture)
Supported languages are: Arabic, Belarusian, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese-English, Croatian, Dutch, English, Esperanto, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese-English, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Marathi, Persian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish-English, Ukrainian.
Application was developed as a part of Obstino - Assistive technology development association.
**Privacy and permissions:**
Internet is NOT used when recognizing speech. App uses internet only upon user confirmation to download speech recognition AI model that runs locally on your device.
Sound captured by the app is NOT saved.
Application NEVER sends neither sound nor transcripts over the internet.
Sound is captured from other applications, or from the device's microphone.
Sound is captured when user initiates this action by pressing the Start button inside the Application.
Sound from device's microphone is captured to show captions during a phone call.
The application utilizes the AccessibilityService API solely to draw the captions window and capture device's microphone during active phone call.
Privacy policy: https://obstino.org/uho_captions/privacy.html
EULA: https://obstino.org/uho_captions/eula.html
What’s new
Version 3.0.0-beta05 · Updated September 28, 2026
App release
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