# Readout

> Live captions for conversations with people who are deaf or hard of hearing, on your phone and on the TV.

- [Welcome to Readout](https://docs.readout.tv/index.md): Live captions for conversations with people who are deaf or hard of hearing, on your phone and on the TV.
- [Your first captions](https://docs.readout.tv/get-started/first-captions.md): Sign in, allow the microphone, and caption a conversation.
- [Show captions on a TV](https://docs.readout.tv/get-started/show-on-a-tv.md): Pair a TV once, and it shows the captions by itself whenever you caption.
- [Phones as microphones](https://docs.readout.tv/get-started/phones-as-microphones.md): A phone near each person, so every word is heard, and labelled with their name.
- [During a conversation](https://docs.readout.tv/captions/during-a-conversation.md): Speakers, replies, the bell, and what the captions show besides words.
- [Languages and translation](https://docs.readout.tv/captions/languages.md): Caption more than one language, translate as people talk, and get names right.
- [How captions look](https://docs.readout.tv/captions/display.md): Theme, text size, colors and full screen, in the app and on the TV.
- [Keeping what was said](https://docs.readout.tv/captions/keeping-what-was-said.md): Saving, downloading, recaps and meeting transcripts.
- [When the internet drops](https://docs.readout.tv/captions/when-the-internet-drops.md): Captions carry on on the device itself, and switch back by themselves.
- [The home agent](https://docs.readout.tv/home/home-agent.md): A small program on a computer at home that lets the app switch your TVs and lights.
- [Readout's screen: a Raspberry Pi at the TV](https://docs.readout.tv/home/raspberry-pi.md): A Raspberry Pi plugged into the TV shows captions, reminders and calls, whatever the TV's brand.
- [The TV remote](https://docs.readout.tv/home/remote.md): Turn the TVs on and off, change the volume and channel, open apps, and see what's on.
- [Radio](https://docs.readout.tv/home/radio.md): Play radio stations on the TV or a speaker, with captions of what's said.
- [The TV schedule](https://docs.readout.tv/home/schedule.md): Reminders, family messages, shows, slideshows, radio and bedtime on the household's TVs.
- [Lights and sounds](https://docs.readout.tv/home/lights-and-sounds.md): Lights that flash for the doorbell, a smoke alarm, the bell, a call or a reminder.
- [Video calls and drop-ins](https://docs.readout.tv/home/video-calls.md): Video call the TV, with what each caller says captioned, or drop in on the room.
- [Captions of your landline](https://docs.readout.tv/home/landline.md): Calls on your home phone line, captioned big on the TV as you talk.
- [Your household's account](https://docs.readout.tv/account/household.md): Invite the family, share the TVs, and switch between accounts.
- [Signing in](https://docs.readout.tv/account/signing-in.md): Passwords, passkeys, two-step sign-in, and where you're signed in.
- [Activity and notifications](https://docs.readout.tv/account/activity-and-notifications.md): What happened at home, and being told of what needs looking at.
- [What's kept, and where it goes](https://docs.readout.tv/account/privacy.md): Captions aren't saved unless you say so, and audio isn't recorded.
- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.readout.tv/help/troubleshooting.md): What to try when captions, a TV or the home agent don't do what you expect.
- [Report a problem, or suggest something](https://docs.readout.tv/help/feedback.md): Tell whoever runs Readout what isn't working, or what you wish it did.


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