Ava: App That Helps Deaf & Hard Of Hearing People Follow Group Conversations

A person shown holding their phone at the dinner table. The phone shows Ava showing all the dialogues of people at the dinner table.

For deaf people, participating in a group conversation, where there’s constant chatter going on among multiple people, can sometimes be painful. Reading lips, trying to hear with a lot of background noise, and keeping track of who is saying what can get tricky, and in many cases, deaf people may either give up on the conversation or just pretend that they are listening.

Ava, an app for deaf and hard of hearing people, makes it easier for them to follow group conversations and keep track of who is saying what without worrying about reading lips or excessive background noise. The mechanism Ava follows is pretty simple. A deaf person in a group invites everyone to download Ava (one time step). Once everyone has Ava, they all speak into their phone, and Ava’s speech to text feature transcribes everyone’s dialogues and displays them on the deaf person’s phone. Responses can also be sent by the deaf person from their app to contribute to the conversation.

Ava can be used either in a group setting – on the dinner table, in the classroom, in a meeting or in one to one conversations also. In one to one conversations, the deaf person opens the app on their phone and places it in front of the person they are interacting with. The other person speaks into the phone, and Ava transcribes their dialog for the deaf person.

The free version of Ava holds 5 hours of conversations a month. A user can also sign up for the unlimited plan for $29/month. The app is not perfect yet but the company is working on rolling out more improvements soon. They wanted the app to be out before Thanksgiving – a day when a lot of people get involved in group conversations with their families!

Source: Tech Crunch

Website: Ava.me

5 Comments

  1. Hi my name jarmila I need this web for deaf thank you

  2. Hi there!

    I use Ava, a great app to transcribe in real-time group conversations and better include deaf & hard-of-hearing people

    Please download it here now https://ava.app.link/1twSo6XUoR so we can discuss more easily when we see each other. It’s free.

    Talk soon!

  3. My mother is currently using ava at a nursing home. I am trying to get her her own smart phone but she is not tech savy. Can she talk on the phone and use avy to transcribe what the person on the phone is saying. Also can you please tell me what you receive for the 29.00 dollars a month plan

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