This post is about the best speech to text apps and is updated from a 2020 post. Affiliate links may be present - doesn't cost you more, helps keep this blog going and does not affect my rating of the product (- I use captions too; I'm not going to recommend junk for the sake of making a few pennies).  This post is meant to serve as a resource for deaf or Deaf people (hearing impaired, hard of hearing) who need to understand what is being said. Some the side benefit of being helpful to hearing people who want to record information. This is available in a downloadable PDF for my patrons, linked here. It's also at the end of this post for people who benefit from access to PDF's. Speech to Text Apps Speech to text apps - or live captions, auto captions - are useful for pretty much everyone in some capacity. If you are hearing, they can record your notes, translate content, help with communication. For us hearing impaired in any capacity - deaf, Deaf, hard of hearing - they serve as a vital communication tool to help us  understand what people are saying. They take the speech (that others are saying) and put it into written form. Some Pointers on the Apps Listed: When possible, these apps are linked to the iOS (Apple) store. It is indicated in each app if it is available through Android. All of the speech to text apps are FREE, but some of them require a subscription after a certain amount of trial has passed. The apps that were created specifically to help us deaf in speech to text are listed first; the apps that were created by and for hearing and just incidentally help us deaf, are listed after. All of the apps were installed on my phone and I tried then out before listing. Speech to Text Apps Created for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Product Image Product Name / Description Price / Primary Button Ava: Transcribe Voice to Text Ava is an app designed to empower people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing by allowing to follow conversations in real time. The app provides 24/7 real-time captioning (with up to 95% accuracy, based on artificial intelligence), on your smartphone. Free, with In-App Purchases Check it Out Sorenson BuzzCards Type it. Show it. BuzzCards is an app designed to help deaf people communicate easily with people who don’t know sign language. The app works like a deck of flashcards. You type the message and show it to the person with whom you are communicating. You can write and save cards with the message. Free Check it Out