Live captions for Discord voice channels
Run /captions and every word spoken in the call
appears as text, in real time, with the speaker's name attached.
Why servers turn it on
♿ Deaf and hard-of-hearing members follow the call
The conversation stops being voice-only. Members who can't hear the call read every word as it happens instead of waiting for someone to summarize.
🔇 Somewhere you can't turn the sound on
In class, at work, next to a sleeping baby. Captions let anyone follow the voice chat silently from the text channel.
📝 A written record of the conversation
Decisions made mid-call stop evaporating. The transcript stays in the text channel after everyone hangs up.
How to use it
Questions
Are live captions free?
Yes. Captions are included free and unlimited, like everything else Mimiq does. No premium tier, no per-minute billing.
How accurate are they, and what languages work?
Captions run on a state-of-the-art speech recognition model with automatic language detection, so it transcribes whatever language people are speaking without any setup.
Who can start and stop captions?
Anyone can run /captions start. Stopping requires the Manage Channels permission, and captions stop automatically when the voice channel empties.
Where do the captions go?
Any text channel you choose, or the voice channel's own built-in chat. Each line is labelled with the speaker's name. Pick one message per phrase, or a rolling transcript that updates in place.
Does it work the other way too?
Yes. Turn on auto-read and messages typed in the voice channel chat are spoken aloud in the call. Combined with captions, one channel becomes a full two-way bridge between voice and text.