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Capy

Give your serious business a splash of whimsy.

Apple Design Award finalist Capy transcribes (and translates) meetings in real time in over a dozen languages, including Spanish, Simplified Chinese and German.

What we love: The adorable capybara sitting calmly in the water as the app transcribes. After you’re done recording, Capy creates a summary of its transcript, complete with headings and bullets of key points. (Sometimes they’re more articulate than the actual conversation.)

Get a live translation while the capybara balances a fruit on its nose.

Quick tip: Tap the pencil icon to edit the summary, adding your own reflections or tweaking the formatting.

Meet the creator: Vincent Loi, Fai Tung and Terenze Yuen decided to create Capy after a client meeting was stymied by language barriers. “Building Capy taught us that even stressful situations can lead to something unexpectedly joyful,” says Yuen, Capy’s CEO.