The Home of Accessibility

Empowering communication with real-time live captions, AAC tools, and inclusive educational technology.

100% Free Live Captioning

Zero User Tracking

Classroom and Broadcast Ready

Accolades and Institutional Partners

Recognized Across Higher Education, School Boards, and Innovation Programs

From university research honors to provincial school districts and live streaming communities, discover how Zip Captions levels the playing field.

Alumni Impact Award Winner (May 2025)

University of Portsmouth

Student Impact Awards

Revolutionizing Accessibility in Education

Honoring exceptional innovation and service. Awarded to co-founder Chris Webb for creating Zip Captions: an open-source tool providing real-time live captioning aiding over 1,500 global users.

"Chris's innovative work embodies the University's values, making education accessible for all."

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Accessibility Demo Slam Winner

Virginia Society for Tech in Ed

Universal Design for Learning

Universal Design for Learning in Classrooms

Presented by Katie Fielding (Book Creator, VSTE Coach of the Year) showcasing how Zip Captions supports emerging readers, ELL students, and hearing-impaired learners with Lexend font options and dark contrast.

"A really powerful way to live caption your class that supports all learners in your classroom."

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Innovation Accelerators, District Partners and Publications

Innovation Accelerator

Founders Program

Inspirations Newspaper

The Pearson News

Hear Hear! Magazine

Revue Technologique

Built on Values That Matter

Every tool we design is engineered to respect individual privacy, dignity, and universal access without barriers.

Flagship

Zip Captions

We are the creators of Zip Captions, a totally free to use, privacy focused, Live Captioning tool that runs in any modern browser.

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Core Value

Privacy Focused

We only collect the data that we need, and nothing more. We never track you, and we don't sell your data. Your audio stays private.

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Philosophy

Dignity

Zip Solutions is committed to providing a private, seamless, and dignified live captioning and communication experience for all users.

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Mission

Inclusivity & Accessibility

Creating tools which allow everyone to be included: in the classroom, lecture hall, theatre, place of worship, or wider community.

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Open Source

Community

Building open community is just as vital as building software. We collaborate closely with educators, d/Deaf mentors, and advocates.

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Commitment

Respect

We respect our users and their unique needs. Share your suggestions, feedback, and accommodation requests directly on our forum.

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Zip Captions in action on laptop and mobile screen

Featured Tool

Zip Captions: Real-Time Captions for Everyone

Zip Captions turns any web browser into a high-accuracy, private live transcription hub. With static share links, your viewers can follow along from their own phones, tablets, or laptops in real time.

✓Broadcast captions to remote viewers via unique share codes
✓Built-in live streaming OBS websockets integration
✓Download instant transcripts as SRT, VTT, or plain TXT

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Verified Community Impact

Transforming Communication in Classrooms and Communities

Worship and Live Streaming

"When sound is available but not understood, it is as if you are listening to a foreign language. With this closed caption I can follow the service and hear The Message. What a wonderful experience!"

Doris

Congregation Member, Rock Valley First Reformed Church

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Classroom Independence

"The website can benefit many people, including those with ADHD or struggling with language. But for those with hearing loss, it empowers them. This fosters autonomy and independence, so you do not have to ask for help all the time."

Tracey Green

Teacher of the Deaf, Montreal Oral School for the Deaf

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10x Community Growth • Grassroots Word-of-Mouth

From Fewer Than 600 Early Adopters to Nearly 6,000 Registered Users in Two Years

Shared from teacher to teacher, sanctuary to sanctuary, and streamer to streamer, our registered community has grown tenfold since mid-2024 alongside tens of thousands of anonymous browser captioning sessions.

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Company Overview • Services • Pricing • Service Areas

Zip Solutions at a Glance: What We Provide, Pricing & Where We Operate

Zip Solutions (French: Solutions Zip) is an award-winning educational and assistive technology company founded in 2023 near Montreal, Quebec, Canada by educators and software engineers Chris Webb and James Petersen.

1. Products & Services

What Zip Solutions Sells & Builds

Live Captioning & Broadcast Apps: Zip Captions (browser live captioning & QR room relay), Zip Captions for vMix, Stream Deck Companion, ZipPanel, and Zip Connect.
AAC & Classroom Learning Tools: Zip EasySpeak & EasySpeak AI (offline AAC speech synthesis), Zip Speech for Google Meet, Zip Solutions Remediator (Google Workspace math assessment), and EquiBrowse.
Live Events, Educator PD & AV Consulting: Custom Live Event Captioning & Theatre Surtitles, In-Person & Hybrid Event Production, Google for Education Certified Training & Educator PD, and Assistive Listening / Venue AV Consultancy.

2. Transparent Pricing (USD)

Free Core Apps & Optional AI Plans

Core Web Apps & Extensions ($0 / Free Forever): Standard browser captioning in Zip Captions, room broadcast codes, OBS/vMix integration, EasySpeak AAC, EquiBrowse, and Zip Solutions Remediator (BYOK Gemini key) are 100% free ($0.00 USD) with no account required.
Essential AI Tier ($5 USD/month): Includes 5 hours/month of advanced AI-powered live captioning via Patreon.
Premium AI Tier ($15 USD/month): Includes 10 hours/month of advanced AI-powered live captioning.
Platinum AI Tier ($30 USD/month): Includes 25 hours/month of advanced AI-powered live captioning plus supporter SWAG.
Live Events, Educator PD & AV Consulting: Custom project quotes tailored to venue size, session count, and staffing.

3. Service Areas & Availability

Local in Quebec & Canada • Global Online

Headquarters: Based near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
On-Site Production, Live Event Captioning & AV Consultancy: Serving schools, school boards, universities, theatres, municipalities, and conferences across Greater Montreal, Quebec, and Canada.
Google for Education Training & Educator PD: Delivered in-person across Montreal, Quebec, and Canada, and virtually worldwide (United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and international schools) in English and French.
Browser Software & Virtual Broadcasts: Available worldwide in any modern web browser with zero software installation.

Solving Real Classroom, Sanctuary & Production Hurdles

Real-World Questions from Educators, AV Teams & Event Organizers

Our school board IT department blocks software downloads and refuses to sign vendor student-data agreements. Can teachers still use Zip Captions or EasySpeak?

Yes. Both Zip Captions and Zip EasySpeak run 100% inside standard web browsers (Chrome, Safari, Edge, Brave) with zero software or MSI packages to install, require zero student accounts or logins, and never store audio or transcripts on external servers. Live transcripts stay in local browser RAM and vanish when the tab closes—meeting strict Quebec Law 25, FIPPA, FERPA, and GDPR privacy rules out of the box.

Why do live captions miss words when I use my laptop's built-in microphone from across a noisy classroom or church sanctuary?

A laptop's built-in microphone is engineered for someone sitting 18 inches away, so room echo and background chatter will degrade any speech-to-text engine. In a classroom, clipping on an inexpensive wireless lapel (lavalier) mic or routing your Phonak Roger receiver into the laptop transforms accuracy immediately. In a church sanctuary or auditorium, send an Aux or Line-Out feed of the speaker's vocal mic from your soundboard into your laptop via a simple USB audio interface.

When I present Google Slides or PowerPoint in full-screen on a projector or SMART Board, it covers up my browser tab. How do I keep captions visible on top?

Click the Picture-in-Picture (PiP) button inside the Zip Captions toolbar before launching your slideshow. That detaches your live captions into a resizable, always-on-top floating window that hovers cleanly over full-screen PowerPoint, Google Slides, PDFs, or videos. You can also use our free ZipPanel Chrome extension.

Hard-of-hearing or ESL students often refuse to sit in the front row or wear bulky gear because they don't want to feel singled out. How do you solve that?

With Zip Captions Broadcast mode, you share a permanent Room Code or QR code with the whole room. Any student can discreetly follow the live transcript on their own Chromebook, tablet, or phone from any desk, adjust font size, switch on the Lexend dyslexia-friendly font, or enable free Chrome On-Device AI translation into their home language on their own screen.

We used WebCaptioner before it shut down, and our AV booth is run by rotating volunteers. Will they have to set up new links or reconfigure OBS/vMix every week?

No. Zip Captions gives you a permanent, static Broadcast Room Code. You print your QR code pew cards or lobby posters once, configure your OBS WebSocket or free Zip vMix Title bridge once, and every week your volunteer simply opens zipcaptions.app and clicks Start.

Where do you provide on-site event production, custom live captioning, and Google for Education PD training versus remote services?

We are based near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. We provide on-site hybrid event production, live event & theatre surtitling, assistive listening AV consultancy, and in-person Google for Education workshops across Greater Montreal, Quebec, and Canada—while our browser apps, virtual event captioning, and remote PD sessions are available worldwide.

Live Events • Hybrid Production • Google for Education Training & PD

Planning an In-Person or Hybrid Event?

We provide in-person and hybrid event production, live captioning setups, and custom Google for Education training & educator PD for schools and organizations. Reach out for tailored quotes or workshop discussions.

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