Australia’s national hearing research body has developed a free app that instantly transcribes conversations to make communication easier for people struggling to hear including due to mask and physical distance requirements.

The multilingual NALscribe app has been developed by the National Acoustic Laboratories, which is the research division of government-funded national body and service provider Hearing Australia.

The Apple app quickly and continuously translates speech into large, easy-to-read text on iPads and iPhones in real-time.