# Ava vs. C-Print: A Look at 24/7 Accessibility

The Ava Team

Published on

January 27, 2025

Trying to figure out which accessibility tool is best for you or your organization? Here are a few reasons why folks decide to use 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 C-Print 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. Ava is ADA-compliant**

Unlike C-Print, Ava Scribe combines AI with professional captioners ([Scribes](/content/scribe/index.html)) to deliver 99% accuracy captions at the best price and meet ADA requirements. At Ava, you can schedule an Ava Scribe just 6 hours before your planned conversation, meeting, or class - perfect for last-minute planning or canceled accommodations. C-Print cannot guarantee 99% accuracy with their AI-generated captions, meaning they do not deliver at the ADA requirement.

## **#3. 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 C-Print. Just open Ava on mobile and you instantly have live captions for any conversation.

## **#4. 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 C-Print, 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. C-Print has a one-size-fits-all solution, which in fact - does not fit all.

## **#5. Test drive your captions with a free plan**

At Ava, we believe that everyone should have access to live captions. That’s why we still offer a free plan with lower-quality captions. When you need the highest quality of captions for important conversations, you can have your organization pay for [99% accurate captions](/content/scribe/index.html). You can’t test-drive C-Print captions and thus get stuck with your contract.

## **Quick comparison guide**

Check out how C-Print stacks up against Ava with each individual feature.

| Features | Ava | C-Print |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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).