Ava provides ADA-compliant accessibility services offering fast, accurate live captions, transcription, and interpretation for Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. The platform leverages a combination of AI and professional human scribes to ensure high accuracy across various settings. Ava integrates seamlessly with video conferencing platforms and is accessible across desktop, web, and mobile devices.
Funding
$10M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Deaf and hard‑of‑hearing individuals often miss spoken content in meetings, classrooms, and online events because traditional captioning services are expensive, require specialized equipment, or lack real‑time integration with common video‑conference platforms. This limits accessibility, hampers compliance with ADA requirements, and reduces participation in professional and educational settings.
Solution
Ava delivers real‑time live captions, transcription, and translation by combining AI speech‑recognition models with human scribes to achieve high accuracy while keeping costs low. The service integrates with major video‑conferencing tools (Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams) through a one‑click connector, allowing users to enable captions instantly on any device. Captions are synchronized with speaker identification and can be stored, summarized, and exported for later reference. Ava supports more than 50 languages and offers optional ASL interpretation, providing a comprehensive, ADA‑compliant accessibility layer for a wide range of use cases. The platform is available on iOS, Android, web, Windows, and macOS, ensuring consistent access across personal and enterprise environments.
Target Audience
The primary customers are Deaf and hard‑of‑hearing users, as well as organizations that must provide accessible communication—such as educational institutions, corporate enterprises, healthcare providers, and non‑profit agencies.
Features
- Hybrid AI‑plus‑human captioning engine delivering ~99 % accuracy with speaker labeling in real time
- One‑click integration (Ava Connect) for Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and other video‑conference platforms
- Cross‑platform client apps for iOS, Android, web, Windows, and macOS with seamless switching between devices
- Automatic transcription storage, searchable archives, and one‑click summary generation for post‑meeting review
- Translation into 50+ languages and optional ASL interpretation to support multilingual and deaf audiences
- ADA‑compliant design meeting accessibility standards, including speaker identification and customizable caption display
- Pricing model 60–70 % lower than traditional CART services, with tiered subscription plans for enterprises, schools, healthcare providers, and non‑profits