GlintLive lines on the HUD
The phrase being spoken updates as the recognizer refines it, and the newest words always stay in view.
GLINTOS MINI-APP · COMMUNICATION
The conversation, in view.
Nothing to sign up for.
Captions turns speech near you into live text on Maverick AI and AI Pro glasses, using the speech recognition service already on your Android phone.
What it is.
Captions listens through your phone’s microphone and shows what is said as text on the see-through display. The newest three lines stay in view, or two with Larger text, and the words still being spoken update live. Keep the phone where it can hear the speaker. The GlintOS phone companion app shows the running transcript at the same time.
There is no account and no API key. Captions uses the speech recognition service already installed on your Android phone, and it declares no internet domains of its own. The transcript lives only in memory: it is never written to storage, and it is gone when Captions closes.
What you get.
Status at a glance
A row above the text shows the language, microphone and state, such as EN-US · PHONE MIC · LISTENING.
Your language, or twelve more
Use your phone’s language or choose one of 12 others, including German, Polish, Ukrainian and Japanese.
Keeps listening
Silence restarts listening at once. Connection problems are retried after 1, 2, 4 and 8 seconds before Captions stops and says why.
Readable Cyrillic
Accented Latin text appears as spoken. Cyrillic captions are transliterated readably, Kyiv rather than Kiyiv, while the glasses cannot draw Cyrillic.
Share as plain text
Share in the phone companion app sends every finished phrase still in memory, up to 200, through Android’s share sheet.
On your glasses.
Captions
The status row, the newest caption lines, and Pause or Resume, Clear and Back at the bottom.
Microphone permission
Asks you to allow the microphone for GlintOS. Tap Allow to bring up the phone’s request.
Microphone is in use
Names the app that is listening. Cancel pauses Captions; Take over gives it the recognizer.
Can’t caption
Explains what is missing, such as a speech recognizer on the phone or support for your language, with Retry or Phone mic.
Captions stopped
Shows the reason, such as No connection for speech recognition, with Retry.
How you control it.
| Swipe forward | Moves focus between Back, Pause or Resume, and Clear. |
|---|---|
| Swipe back | Moves focus the other way. |
| Tap | Activates the focused button, such as Pause, Resume, Clear, Retry or Allow. |
| Long tap | Returns Home and stops listening, or starts the assistant if Long tap is set to Assistant. |
| Voice | With the GlintOS assistant started, say pause, resume or clear. |
Gestures come from the temple touchpad on Maverick AI and AI Pro glasses. An optional R08+ smart ring can send the same gestures from your finger.
Home and phone.
Under Apps > Captions: a status line with Start or Pause, Clear and Share.
Chips for the language and the microphone (Auto, Phone or Glasses), plus Prefer offline recognition when your phone offers it.
The last 40 finished phrases, the live one highlighted, and the Speech and Microphone access switches.
What you need.
- Glasses
- Maverick AI or AI Pro
Captions are drawn on the glasses display. Eye tracking is not used.
- Phone
- Android 11 or later
Speech recognition runs on the phone. The experimental Glasses mic option needs Android 13 or later.
- Phone app
- A speech recognition service
Captions uses the recognition service installed and turned on in your phone’s settings. Without one, it cannot caption.
- Account
- Not needed
There is no sign-in. You only choose the language, the microphone and the offline preference.
- API key
- Not needed
Captions calls no paid service and asks for no key.
- Internet
- Depends on your phone’s recognizer
Captions declares no internet domains of its own, but your phone’s speech provider may need the network. Offline use with an on-device recognizer is not yet verified.
- Permissions
- Microphone
Android asks the first time Captions listens. GlintOS’s own Speech and Microphone access for Captions is on by default, under Apps > Captions > Access.
These rows are about Captions. GlintOS itself also needs internet on the phone the first time it connects to your glasses and about once a month after that, when the glasses’ security certificate is renewed.
Set it up.
- Check that your phone has a speech recognition service turned on.
- Open Captions from the glasses Home dock, or with Open on glasses in the phone companion app.
- Allow the microphone for GlintOS when the phone asks, or tap Allow on the glasses.
- Optionally pick the language and microphone under Apps > Captions, then read the newest lines once LISTENING appears.
Your data.
- The transcript stays in memory, up to 200 phrases, and is never written to storage. Only your settings are saved.
- Your phone’s speech provider turns audio into text. Whether audio leaves the phone depends on that provider and its policies.
- Captions does not listen in the background, and the text leaves it only when you tap Share.
Good to know.
- GlintOS is an independent project in development, with the free public APK planned for December 2026. Captions has not yet been validated on real glasses or physical phones.
- Audio comes from the phone’s microphone by default. The experimental Glasses mic option uses the microphone aimed at your own voice.
- Captioning runs only while Captions is open, and it pauses while the GlintOS assistant listens.
- Languages, punctuation and speed depend on your phone’s recognizer. Japanese and Chinese are readable only in the phone transcript, because the glasses draw Latin text.
Questions.
Do I need an account or API key for Captions on Maverick AI glasses?
No. Captions uses the speech recognition service already on your Android phone. There is nothing to sign up for and no key to enter.
Does Captions work offline?
It can if your phone has an on-device recognizer and you turn on Prefer offline recognition. Otherwise your phone’s speech provider may need the internet. Offline use is not verified yet.
Which languages can I caption?
Your phone’s language, or one of 12: English (US), English (UK), Ukrainian, German, French, Spanish (Spain), Italian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch, Japanese and Chinese (Mandarin, China). Support depends on your phone’s recognizer.
Is Captions an Everysight app?
No. Captions is part of GlintOS, an independent project not affiliated with or endorsed by Everysight or Google.
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