Ava

Ava Deaf & hearing team. 24/7 real-time captions app, mixing AI and captioners—for the highest accuracy. Let's communicate beyond barriers.

Committed to total accessibility for the 466M Deaf/HH worldwide. Caption online meetings, group conversations, casual 1-1 chats or important lectures. Making our world inclusive and accessible to 466M deaf and hard-of-hearing people, through AI-based real-time captioning of conversations and information. Anytime, anywhere, everyone can be Ava: audio visually accessible.

The Actor Who’s Transforming Deaf Visibility on ScreenTroy Kotsur has been on a roll — from his chilling turn as a villa...
12/09/2025

The Actor Who’s Transforming Deaf Visibility on Screen

Troy Kotsur has been on a roll — from his chilling turn as a villain in Black Rabbit 🐰 to his mystical role as a psychic on Foundation. Check out our interview to see how his career has evolved since CODA.

And did we mention, Ava was used on the set of CODA.

What we may have not mentioned is Ava is cropping up all over Hollywood with yet another soon-to-be-released movie where Ava was used on set (and in post production) but that’s enough of a tease for one day. Stay tuned. We'll tell you all about it soon.

👉 Read the full interview: Deaf Culture, Sign Language & History Made with Troy Kotsur
https://www.ava.me/blog/deaf-culture-sign-language-and-history-in-the-making

Standard hearing tests aren’t cutting it for millions. Here’s why and what to do about it.Deafness is considered by some...
12/01/2025

Standard hearing tests aren’t cutting it for millions. Here’s why and what to do about it.

Deafness is considered by some as a hidden disability. A recent study from Harvard Medical School scientists at Massachusetts Eye and Ear reveals a different invisible disability called “hidden hearing loss” or cochlear synaptopathy.

It stems from noise exposure, aging, middle ear infections, and some medications — all too familiar conditions for too many people.

That means that doctors may need to be more rigorous when conducting hearing tests. And patients should be vocal if they notice having difficulty hearing in situations with background noise or struggling with their hearing but still getting flagged as normal in standardized hearing tests.

What’s important to know is that addressing hidden hearing loss early will help with secondary effects such as cognitive decline.

For more details, read the article on Ava’s blog.
https://www.ava.me/blog/normal-hearing-tests-are-missing-the-mark-for-millions

Does teaching that adapts to how deaf and hard-of-hearing students learn actually improve learning?School is back! And a...
08/26/2025

Does teaching that adapts to how deaf and hard-of-hearing students learn actually improve learning?

School is back! And accessibility admins know how diverse learning styles—especially among Deaf and hearing students—are overlooked when instruction isn’t tailored. You know there’s more work here than just ticking boxes.

One school district we worked with introduced live captioning and shifted toward multimodal lesson design. And the result? Deaf students felt empowered to participate more freely—and the entire classroom benefited.

True inclusion starts when we design teaching to reach each student—not the average.

And there are simple adjustments that can transform the educational experience. Here are a few…

Do they line up with your experience with students?

When a teacher steps into a classroom knowing that a student is Deaf or hard-of-hearing, they must be prepared to manage communication in an effective manner. While navigating student disabilities can trigger uneasiness, recognizing that diversity will elevate the educational experience for all prov...

It’s Olympics week! 🎉Here’s 3 Deaf & hard-of-hearing athletes to watch during the
07/23/2024

It’s Olympics week! 🎉

Here’s 3 Deaf & hard-of-hearing athletes to watch during the

Not only is Project 2025 limiting all civil rights, there are specific pieces that will impact the Deaf community. It’s ...
07/10/2024

Not only is Project 2025 limiting all civil rights, there are specific pieces that will impact the Deaf community. It’s time to spread the word.

Accurate, accessible, and ADA-compliant — that’s Ava!With Ava’s mobile app, you get 24/7 captions.That means that when y...
06/14/2024

Accurate, accessible, and ADA-compliant — that’s Ava!

With Ava’s mobile app, you get 24/7 captions.

That means that when you provide Ava for your team, you’re giving them accessibility around the clock!

Chat with our accessibility experts on how Ava can benefit your organization:

https://calendly.com/chat2ava/learn-about-ava?month=2024-02

Do you support Deaf-owned businesses?Don’t know where to start?Check out some of our favorite Deaf-owned businesses - in...
06/10/2024

Do you support Deaf-owned businesses?

Don’t know where to start?

Check out some of our favorite Deaf-owned businesses - including Pi00a!

Pi00a a thriving Deaf and CODA-owned pizza business, is a remarkable example of entrepreneurial success. Starting last year, they facilitated pizza pop-ups all over the US. A big part of their business model is to employ Deaf workers, provided economic opportunity for the local Deaf community.

Read more 🤟🏼

https://www.ava.me/blog/the-deaf-ecosystem-supporting-deaf-owned-businesses-and-why-companies-who-hire-deaf-people-will-see-gains-to-the-bottom-line

Ever heard of CRAPtions?It’s a phrase commonly used for all of those other live-captioning tools that don’t catch everyt...
06/06/2024

Ever heard of CRAPtions?

It’s a phrase commonly used for all of those other live-captioning tools that don’t catch everything that’s said and often makes mistakes. Those mistakes mean your organization isn’t ADA compliant.

With Ava’s 99% accurate captions, you can wave goodbye to craptions!

Ava uses the power of AI with corrections by professional captions to provide you with the most accurate captions possible.

Chat with our accessibility experts on how Ava can benefit your organization: https://calendly.com/chat2ava/learn-about-ava?month=2024-02

05/30/2024

Another video call? 🥱

Ava will take notes for you AND speak for you during your next meeting

Type • Press Enter • Let the Magic Happen

Try Ava Voice for yourself 👉 https://www.ava.me/voice

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Together, we can make our world fully accessible.

Every day, 466M deaf and hard-of-hearing people are excluded from having a full access to a normal social & professional lives. Because group conversations need specific accommodations to be well understood, solutions like interpreters and captioners have existed for ages.

But professional services are quite expensive (~$100/hr) and hard to find in some last-minute & real-time communication needs.

We needed a solution to enable everyone to be included and as a small team made of deaf, hard-of-hearing, CODAs and hearing people, we’ve created the Ava system, as in Audio Visual Accessibility, to give you full autonomy and accessibility in your day to day life.

The Ava app uses your smartphone microphone and the most advanced speech recognition technologies to show you subtitles of who says what, in real-time and with a color for each participant connected on Ava.