CaptionsRush — Live Captions, Live Translation, for Every Game

Built by a hard-of-hearing gamer who got tired of missing every callout.

CaptionsRush started as a personal fix — a way for one HoH gamer to stop losing the thread of voice chat mid-match. It's grown into a full captioning and translation layer for gaming, but the design priority never changed: built with accessibility needs in mind first, useful to every player second.

Because we run speech recognition primarily on-device instead of routing everyone through expensive cloud servers, we keep transcription costs low — and we pass that savings forward. Every paid subscription helps fund affordable, sustainable pricing for the whole community, instead of the usual SaaS markup. You're not just buying a feature; you're supporting infrastructure that keeps captioning accessible for the people who need it most.

Never miss a callout, a joke, or a warning again. CaptionsRush turns voice chat into live, readable text — instantly, in any game, on any platform.

🎮 Universal. Not just for one game.

CaptionsRush isn't tied to a specific title or genre. It works as an overlay on top of virtually any game you play — FPS, MMO, MOBA, co-op, anything with voice comms. If your teammates are talking, CaptionsRush is captioning.

⚡ Built for the speed of competitive play

Captions appear in under 50 milliseconds — fast enough that you read the callout before the fight is over. This isn't subtitle software repurposed for gaming. It's built from the ground up for real-time voice chat at competitive speed.

🌍 Live Translation — for everyone, not just accessibility users

Playing with teammates who don't speak your language? CaptionsRush translates voice chat live, across dozens of languages, so language barriers stop costing you games. This is one of our most-loved features among players who aren't deaf or hard of hearing at all — squad up internationally, coordinate raids, callouts, and strategy with teammates anywhere in the world, in your language, as they speak.

🔊 Audio Cue Tags — hear the game, even when you can't

Footsteps. Gunshots. Rain. Explosions. CaptionsRush detects key in-game sound events and tags them right alongside your captions — so critical audio cues become visible, not just audible.

🎙️ Four ways to capture audio — pick what fits your setup

Every setup is different, so CaptionsRush adapts to how you actually play:

  • Discord Bot — Add our bot to your server and it captures each speaker's voice directly from Discord's audio pipeline, completely isolated from game sound. The cleanest signal possible, with zero setup on your PC. See our tutorial for more information
  • **Microphone **— Caption your own voice as you speak, live, for streaming, accessibility, or solo content.
  • System Audio — Captures your full PC audio output. Works with any voice chat solution, built-in or external, no extra setup required.
  • Per-Process — Capture audio from one specific application only (like Discord or your game) — ignoring everything else running on your PC. Ideal when you want isolation but can't add a bot to the server.

Switch between modes anytime depending on what you're playing and how your team communicates.

💎 Free to start. More power with Pro.

CaptionsRush is free to use, no catch — live captioning and translation* of voice chat is available on our free tier so accessibility never sits behind a paywall.

Free tier includes:

  • Live voice chat captioning
  • Core overlay customization

Paid tiers unlock:

  • 🌍 Live Translation across dozens of languages
  • 🔊 Audio Cue Tags (sound effect detection)
  • Higher-quality cloud transcription
  • Priority support

Whether you caption for accessibility, for clarity in chaotic team fights, or to play across language barriers with friends worldwide — CaptionsRush has a tier for you.

Download now and never miss a word — or a sound — in-game again.