# Ava vs. Live Transcribe: Live Captions for Every Situation

The Ava Team

Published on

February 20, 2025

Thinking it’s time to try a new Android app for live captions? You’re not alone. Here are a few reasons why you should use Ava instead of Live Transcribe.

## **#1. 99% Accurate Captions**

Unlike Live Transcribe, Ava Scribe combines AI with professional captioners ([Scribes](/content/scribe/index.html)) to deliver 99% accurate captions at the best price while meeting 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 [CART](/content/blog/cart-captions-explained/index.html) or other accommodations. Zoom cannot guarantee 99% accuracy with their AI-generated captions, meaning they do not meet ADA compliance.

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

Ava is the only real-time captioning service showing who is saying what. When using Live Transcribe, 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.

## **#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 Live Transcribe, Deaf people cannot talk back in the conversation, meaning that it’s always a one-way conversation unless you have an interpreter available or you want to have the other person read your screen. With [Ava Voice](/content/voice/index.html), Deaf people can interject their ideas and responses seamlessly into 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 Cielo24, 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. Verbit has a one-size-fits-all solution, which in fact - does not fit all.

## **#5. Available on Web & Mobile with Android, and iOS**

Not only can you have captions available on your mobile device—both Android and iOS, you also have the option to caption via [Ava Web](/content/avaweb/index.html) or [Ava Desktop](/content/desktop/index.html). Since your transcripts are hosted on the cloud, you can access any conversation through mobile, web, or desktop. With our adjustable desktop app, you can caption over any video or podcast, or you can caption during a video call through a seamless integration. Never worry about full autonomy again.

## **Quick comparison guide**

Check out how Live Transcribe stacks up against Ava with each individual feature.

| Features | Ava | Live Transcribe |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Live captions on the [Web](/content/avaweb/index.html) & [Mobile](/content/mobile/index.html) | ✅ | ❌ |
| iOS App | ✅ | ❌ |
| Android App | ✅ | ✅ |
| Free Plan | ✅ | ✅ |
| Live captions with [SpeakerID](/content/speakerid/index.html) | ✅ | ❌ |
| [Text-to-Speech](/content/voice/index.html) (with natural-sounding voices) | ✅ | ❌ |
| [Sound Detection](https://help.ava.me/en/articles/8470101-sound-detection-for-ava-mobile-ios) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Group Conversations with SpeakerID | ✅ | ❌ |
| Personal Dictionary | ✅ | ❌ |
| [Picture-in-Picture](https://help.ava.me/en/articles/5718629-floating-captions-on-ava-mobile) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Adjustable text size and display theme | ✅ | ✅ |
| [Type to show large text](https://help.ava.me/en/articles/8618984-understanding-your-keyboard-on-ava-mobile-ios#h_915832ebcd) | ✅ | ❌ |
| [Translate](/content/translations/index.html) in 20+ languages | ✅ | ❌ |
| ADA-Compliant [Transcriptions](/content/transcriptions/index.html) | ✅ | ❌ |
| ADA-Compliant (99% accurate) [Live Captions](/content/live-captions/index.html) | ✅ | ❌ |
| [Video Call Integration](/content/connect/index.html) (for Zoom, Google Meets, and Microsoft Teams) | ✅ | ❌ |
| 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).