For education & accessibility

Real-time captions for classrooms & lectures

Every student reads the lecture as it’s spoken — with up to two translations running alongside for the students still thinking in another language.

Free in the browser with English/Spanish live captioning — no install, no card.

One lecture, every reader

International students translate in their heads while the lecture moves on

Live captions plus up to two simultaneous translations on the room display. Students read the material in the moment instead of reconstructing it afterward.

Some students need to see the words

Large, high-contrast, real-time text gives students who benefit from reading along — including deaf and hard-of-hearing students — a live view of the lecture as an assistive aid.

Lecture halls with dead spots and no IT budget

It runs in a browser tab or on a phone, and works fully offline once language packs are downloaded. No campus IT deployment, no install.

Streamed lectures lose the captions

The Pro Broadcast add-on ($39.99/mo) overlays the same live captions and translations in OBS-class streaming software, so a streamed or recorded lecture carries them too.

Honest limit: this is automatic speech recognition and machine translation — an assistive aid, not a certified accommodation service. It is not certified captioning (CART), and we don’t promise ADA or Section 508 compliance. Where a student’s accommodation requires certified services, use them; Lyric Show Live can run alongside.

How it works

1

Set up in a browser tab

Open lyricshow.live on the lectern laptop or a phone and pick the lecture language plus up to two translations.

2

Put it on the room display

Fullscreen on the projector, light or dark theme. Typewriter style keeps it clean and readable.

3

Teach

Captions and translations land with sub-second latency, word by word or phrase by phrase.

Common questions

Can students see the lecture in their own language?

The room display shows the original plus up to two translation languages at once. Base includes 20 languages; the Extended Languages add-on ($9.99/mo) or Ultimate unlocks all 80.

Is this a certified captioning or accommodation service?

No. It’s automatic speech recognition — an assistive aid, not a certified accommodation service, and not a CART replacement. Where an accommodation plan requires certified captioning or an interpreter, use that service; Lyric Show Live can run alongside it.

Does it work in rooms with unreliable Wi-Fi?

Yes. Once language packs are downloaded, speech recognition and translation run fully offline on the device.

What does it cost?

Base is $14.99/mo or $99.99/yr — live captioning, two-language translation, and 20 offline languages, with one subscription across iPhone, Android, and the web. There are no per-classroom or per-student fees.

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