Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
Apple says Live Captions makes real-time transcriptions of conversations on the device, so you can follow them securely on your device.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Live Captions offer real-time, on-device-generated transcriptions of conversations so you can follow along securely on your device.”
Hearing accessibility (Apple Accessibility), Apple, 2026, Subtitles & Captioning, Live Captions.
Open the original- What it measures
- Apple's hearing accessibility page, read on 2026-10-17. The statement is about conversations, which matches the use case of captioning people in the room.
- What it does not show
- It is Apple's own description and does not measure accuracy. Apple's separate Mac page says accuracy may vary, and the iPhone page makes the same point.