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I tried AVA this morning at coffee with some friends at the mall. It worked well but noticed it got confused sometimes, I think because of loud surroundings and music. Thanks for your research.
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I was also advised that live captioning is available on the iPhone 11 and above. The respondent felt it was superior to Ava. I am anxious to try it.
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I've used Ava and Otter. I rate both about the same. In loud environments they will not work as well. What I've had better luck with is the Beta version of Live Caption on Apple Phones. It came out about 1-2 years ago and is included in the Settings on the Apple phone. It can be activated by going to Accessibility under Settings. Then scroll down to the Hearing section of Accessibility and Live Caption should be at the bottom of the Hearing options. Click on it then turn all buttons to green. It also will caption FaceTime calls if you happen to use them.
It will put a small floating icon on your screen that you need to tap to open. Then tap the double arrow on the right to expand it on your screen. At the bottom the microphone should be white and the other 2 buttons black. Then start talking. I find it very accurate compared to Otter and Ava. And it is free. Ava and Otter will charge you if you exceed a certain number of minutes in a month.