CaptionKit is a real-time captioning and translation platform built for churches that want multilingual and hard-of-hearing people to follow the service as it happens.^1 A church starts a session from the web, and people join on any device through a shared link or QR code, or through the free iOS and Android apps.^1^3 The apps add spoken captions through headphones or Bluetooth hearing aids, plus adjustable type and light or dark mode.^2
The platform understands sermons in more than 70 languages and can translate into over 200.^1 Translations can also be heard: audio translations are read aloud in natural-sounding voices, the free apps can read translations aloud in the phone's own voice at no extra cost, and listeners can listen and pause audio translations from the lock screen.^4^2 Captions can sit in a scrolling lower third or fill a dedicated accessibility screen, with transparent backgrounds for tools such as ProPresenter and OBS.^5
A Mac app runs the same dashboard without keeping a browser tab open, with downloads for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs on macOS 12 or later, automatic updates, and connections that keep running in the background.^6 The CaptionKit team also offers Transcribe, a free tool that turns a sermon recording into an editable transcript and caption files in the browser, with the recording staying on the user's own device.^7
Over 500 churches use CaptionKit every week.^1 After a free trial, plans are subscription-based with no lock-in contract, and the pricing page explains how plans are built from a campus license, speaking hours, and text or audio languages.^4 James Hunt in Australia develops CaptionKit.^3
