Daily Live Captions

Name: Daily Live Captions
Author: Daily

by Daily

Built-in live captioning on the Daily video API platform.

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Drop your audio. Transcript in seconds. First transcript free, then $4 = 300 min

TL;DR

Best for developers building telehealth, customer-support or webinar apps on Daily's video API. Pricing: subscription · contact sales.

What it is

Daily's developer-platform offering includes live captioning APIs so app builders can add accessibility to embedded video calls and webinars without integrating a separate STT vendor.

Best for: Developers building telehealth, customer-support or webinar apps on Daily's video API.
Watch out for: Captioning ships as a feature inside Daily's developer plans, not a standalone product.

Install / use

Go to Daily Live Captions daily.co

Features

Speaker diarization	No
Word-level timestamps	No
Streaming / real-time	Yes
Languages supported	None
HIPAA eligible	No

Daily Live Captions vs Whipscribe

Feature	Daily Live Captions	Whipscribe
Category	Products	Transcription APIs
Pricing	Not verified	$4–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · $2 single unlock · 60 min free on signup
Speaker diarization	Not verified	Yes
Word timestamps	Not verified	Yes
Streaming	Not verified	No
Languages	—	99
Platforms	Web	Web, API, MCP

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