TalkLens - Never lose a word
Live Captions & AI Notes
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Capture lectures, meetings, and interviews with real-time captions and translations. Generate searchable notes, summaries, and even ask questions about your recordings. Share live broadcasts with customizable captions for up to 200 viewers.
What's New in TalkLens
1.1
September 29, 2026
• Have an invite code? You can now enter it when you create your account. • New setting: Additional AI providers. When you allow it, captions, translation, and AI notes can keep working if a provider is unavailable. • TalkLens now tells you right away if a recording's audio can't be saved. • Recordings are no longer cut short by an expiring sign-in. • Performance and stability improvements.
MoreFAQ
What is TalkLens?
TalkLens captures surrounding audio to provide real-time captions and translations. It also creates searchable notes from your recordings, allowing you to ask questions about the content.
Does TalkLens have ads?
No, TalkLens is ad-free. The app is free to download and use, with optional in-app purchases for AI credits.
What languages does TalkLens support for translation?
TalkLens supports translation between 12 languages, including English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, and Vietnamese.
How does the AI credit system work in TalkLens?
New users receive free AI credits upon signup. Cloud transcription, translation, AI notes, chat, multi-viewer broadcasting, and viewer-selected broadcast languages consume these credits. Additional credit packs can be purchased as a one-time purchase.
Can I use TalkLens offline?
On iOS 26+ iPhones, TalkLens offers free, private on-device transcription for supported languages. For higher accuracy or features like cloud transcription and AI notes, cloud processing is used, which requires an internet connection.
How can I share my recordings with others using TalkLens?
You can share completed recordings via a link. TalkLens also allows live caption broadcasting to up to 200 viewers, with each viewer able to follow along in their preferred language.
What kind of notes can TalkLens generate?
TalkLens can generate summaries, key points, action items, glossaries, and review questions from your recordings. You can also search your entire recording history based on meaning.
Is TalkLens available on devices other than iPhone?
Based on the provided data, TalkLens is optimized for and supported on iPhones.
