For events & AV
ADA compliance in a box.
No stenographer required.
CART captioners charge $150–$400 per hour. Live Caption AI Professional is $19.99 per month — for unlimited events. Your attendees scan a QR code. No hardware. No setup crew.
The math
What a CART captioner costs vs. what we cost.
Scenario
CART stenographer
Live Caption AI
Notes
60-min board meeting
$150–$400
$0.67
Amortized monthly
2-hr conference session
$300–$800
$1.33
Same monthly fee
Full-day event (8 hrs)
$1,200–$3,200
$5.33
Unlimited sessions
4 events / month
$3,000–$10,000+
$19.99
Total monthly bill
CART rates from NCRA 2024 industry survey. Live Caption AI Professional includes unlimited sessions; "per-event" cost is the $19.99/mo subscription divided across your typical event calendar.
Where it works
Five room formats, one $19.99 subscription.
Corporate conferences
Captions across breakout rooms, no extra captioner per track. Attendees pick their own language.
Legal seminars
ABA-required accommodations covered. Domain-trained model handles legal terminology cleanly.
Medical CME
Medical model catches what generic STT misses. Searchable transcripts for accreditation records.
Academic lectures
ADA Title II compliance for public universities. Students join from their phones, recorded for review.
Hybrid events
Captions stream to in-room phones and overflow rooms simultaneously. No second AV crew.
For AV companies & event producers
Built for back-to-back events — no per-event captioner invoice to mark up.
Professional gives one presenter unlimited captioning plus 8 hours of live translation a month. Team triples the translation — 25 hours a month, built for all-day translated events and back-to-back conferences. Need custom branding, seats, or invoicing? Ask about Business — from $199/mo.
"We were quoted $1,400 for a single half-day session. Live Caption AI ran the whole conference for the price of a sandwich."
Try it on your next event
7 days free, no card required.
Set up in five minutes. Cancel in two taps. Custom branding and seats? Ask about Business — hello@livecaptionai.com.