Earshot Live Transcription vs Curtain

Earshot is real-time, on-device captioning for iPhone - for conversations, lectures, doctor visits, anywhere you want to read what's being said. It's a free app that captions speech and ambient sound in real time, inspired by a Deaf researcher who'd spent his career on captioning. Having a disability shouldn't cost you money or your privacy. So I built Earshot. • Free — no sign-up, no sign-in, no ads, no upsells. • Private — everything runs on your device. The only network call is to download or update the local speech model so conversations never go to the cloud. • Offline — works with no Wi-Fi or cellular connection. • Multilingual — 99 languages, and it can translate any of them into English. • Ambient-sound aware — recognizes hundreds of environmental sounds, with full-screen alerts for urgent ones: smoke alarm, carbon monoxide, doorbell, crying baby, phone ringing, sirens. Accessibility tools shouldn't themselves be inaccessible. Free should mean free. Private should mean private. WHAT IT DOES • Real-time captions in a clean, focused screen, plus a chat-style "feed" layout. Tap the cog for text size, vibration, and ambient-sound options. • Translate non-English speech to English on the fly. • Full-screen urgent-sound alerts with strong haptics; ambient-sound tags shown in the corner when you want them. • Save transcripts on your device as readable documents. Star the ones to keep, filter by 1:1 or group, by alerts, by starred. • Share any transcript as plain text — it never leaves your device unless you send it. WHO IT'S FOR Built for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community as a private alternative to cloud captioning. Also useful in loud environments, for language learners, and for anyone who wants to read or save what was said. PRIVACY Audio never leaves your device. No accounts, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. The AI model downloads once on first launch (~244 MB) — the only network request the app makes. Full policy at briankemler.github.io/LiveTranscribe/privacy. REQUIREMENTS iPhone on iOS 17 or later. Works offline after the one-time model download. CONTACT brian.kemler@gmail.com

Curtain is a privacy tool designed to detect and mask the personal data in your documents — entirely on your device — before you share them or send them to an AI. Names, ID numbers, IBANs, phone numbers, addresses and dozens of other data types are found and covered automatically, and your documents never leave your phone. KEY FEATURES: • On-Device Masking: Detection, masking and OCR all run locally. No servers, no account, no tracking — it even works in airplane mode. • 100+ Data Types: National IDs, tax numbers, IBANs, credit cards, phones, emails, addresses, plates, IMEIs and many more are recognized automatically. • Ready-Made Profiles: Pick the right fields in one tap for legal, finance, health, technical and more. • Safe AI Workflow: Real data turns into reversible labels. Paste the masked text into any AI app, then restore the original values with one tap — the mapping never leaves your device. • Flexible Methods: Choose per item how to hide each value: label, mask, partial reveal, redact or hash. • Import Anything: Paste text, open a PDF, scan with the camera, or send from any app via the Share sheet. • Export & Share: Copy the masked text or export it as PDF/TXT, fully masked. • Private by Design: No ads, no third-party analytics, no data selling. The only sensitive item kept on device is a label map that only you can decode — delete it anytime. • Modern, Fast Interface: A clean, distraction-free design with full light/dark support. Protecting the personal data in your documents is now in your pocket. Download Curtain and share with confidence! Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://github.com/cevdetcancetin/Curtain Curtain is an assistive tool and does not provide legal advice.