Captions for everyone

Nghota

See what is said.

Nghota turns any audio into text: voice notes, recordings, lectures, videos, calls and face-to-face conversations, in Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Pidgin and English. Built first for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, and free.

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Voice noteHausa

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Transcript · HausaAristotel masanin falsafa ne, yayi tunanin cewa komai ya ƙunshi cakuda ɗaya, daga abubuwa huɗu: ƙasa, ruwa, iska, da wuta.

In EnglishAristotle, the philosopher, thought everything was a mix of four things: earth, water, air and fire.

How it works

Three taps from any audio to words you can read.

Share any audio or video from WhatsApp, your files or your recorder, or just start recording.

Read

The words appear in seconds, in the language that was spoken.

Understand

Translate to English or another Nigerian language, or see a simple summary.

Features

Captions wherever speech happens.

Any audio file

Voice notes, recordings, lectures, interviews and podcasts, from any app.

Video captions

A floating caption bar over YouTube, TikTok and Facebook videos.

Conversations

Big, clear text of what people nearby are saying. Type back if you like.

No app needed

Forward a voice note to our WhatsApp number and get the text back.

Who it’s for

For people who read what others hear.

Deaf and hard-of-hearing peopleOlder people losing their hearingFamilies and teachersDeaf schools and associationsAnyone in a noisy place

Be among the first to use Nghota.

We’re building Nghota together with deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Join the waitlist and help shape it.