# Ava vs. AI-Media: The Ultimate Solution for Live Captioning Needs

The Ava Team

Published on
January 27, 2025

Thinking about moving from AI-Media? You’re not alone. Here are a few reasons why folks decide to switch to Ava (and why you might, too).

## **#1. Read the room with SpeakerID**

Ava is the only real-time captioning service that shows you who is saying what.  When using AI-Media captions, all speakers appear as one in a large paragraph of text, making it difficult to follow the conversation. With Ava’s first-of-its-kind [speaker identification](/content/speakerid/index.html) technology for live captions, each speaker is color-coded and labeled - helping you keep up with the conversation in real-time.

## **#2. Captions that Integrate directly into your online meetings**

It’s annoying to figure out the captioning tools directly in Zoom, Google Meets, and Microsoft Teams. Each solution offers a different quality level and doesn’t let you respond with text-to-speech or scroll back in the conversation. With Ava, you can integrate directly into each online call with [Ava Connect](/content/connect/index.html).

## **#3. Talk back in the conversation**

With the option to use Ava to voice your text, non-voicing Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals can actively participate in conversations, meetings, and gatherings with a natural-sounding voice. When using AI-Media, Deaf people are unable to talk back in the conversation, meaning that it’s always a one-way conversation unless you are also paying extra for in-person interpreters. With [Ava Voice](/content/voice/index.html), Deaf people can interject their ideas and responses seamlessly into any conversation.

## **#4. Captions available anytime, anywhere**

Need live captions during a meeting on your laptop? Now need captions when you’re chatting to a classmate during a group project? Ava’s the app that goes with you 24/7. Available on the [web](/content/avaweb/index.html), a floating caption [desktop app](/content/desktop/index.html), or on [mobile](/content/mobile/index.html), Ava is with you anywhere you go. You don’t have to carry your laptop with you for your coffee break like AI-Media. Just open Ava on mobile and you instantly have live captions for any conversation.

## **#5. Features with you in mind**

When creating every feature, Ava is thinking about the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community. When using live captions with AI-Media, you’re unable to talk back in the conversation - always making it one-sided. With Ava, you can use [Ava Voice](/content/voice/index.html) to talk back in the conversation type back a response, and have Ava voice it with natural-sounding voices using text-to-speech. Ava also has an [adjustable desktop app](/content/desktop/index.html) meaning you can customize your captioning experience over any web browser or media. You can also use captions offline in situations like an airplane or if you’re in bad service.

## **Quick comparison guide**

Check out how AI-Media stacks up against Ava with each individual feature.

| Features | Ava | AI Media |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Live captions on the [Web](/content/avaweb/index.html) & [Mobile](/content/mobile/index.html) | ✅ | ❌ |
| ADA-Compliant [Transcriptions](/content/transcriptions/index.html) | ✅ | ✅ |
| ADA-Compliant (99% accurate) [live captions](/content/live-captions/index.html) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Live captions with [SpeakerID](/content/speakerid/index.html) | ✅ | ❌ |
| Group Conversations with SpeakerID | ✅ | ❌ |
| [Text-to-speech](/content/voice/index.html) (with natural-sounding voices) | ✅ | ❌ |
| Adjustable text size and display theme | ✅ | ❌ |
| [Translate](/content/translations/index.html) in 20+ languages | ✅ | ✅ |
| [Video Call Integration](/content/connect/index.html) (for Zoom, Google Meets, and Microsoft Teams) | ✅ | ❌ |
| Offline mode | ✅ | ❌ |
| GDPR compliant | ✅ | ✅ |
| Adjustable [desktop app](/content/desktop/index.html) with scrollable captions | ✅ | ❌ |
| Security (options to not save your recordings to the cloud) | ✅ | ❌ |

## **Discover 99% Accuracy with Ava**

Ava offers complete autonomy in educational, professional, and personal settings. [Contact Ava](/content/contact-us/index.html) about how we can help you with [live captions](/content/live-captions/index.html) or [transcriptions](/content/transcriptions/index.html).