Genio: Assistive note-taking tool (formerly Glean) that records and transcribes lectures and classes for students. SubtitleBee: SubtitleBee is an AI-powered web app that auto-transcribes audio and video and adds styled, translatable subtitles in 120+ languages. Here's where each one pulls ahead on pricing, features, and the meetings it suits best.
How Hosiqo compares and tests toolsFinal recommendation
Shortlist Genio when university students recording and reviewing lectures matters most, and SubtitleBee when adding accurate, styled captions to social and marketing videos matters most. Run both through a week of actual calls to see which suits your workflow.
Assistive note-taking tool (formerly Glean) that records and transcribes lectures and classes for students.
SubtitleBee is an AI-powered web app that auto-transcribes audio and video and adds styled, translatable subtitles in 120+ languages.
Genio, formerly known as Glean, is an assistive note-taking platform that helps students capture and learn from lectures and classes. It records class audio and provides live captions during the session, then generates a full transcript afterward, letting students focus on understanding rather than frantically writing notes. Genio lets learners add their own notes, organize material with AI-generated outlines, import slides and reading material, and review with study features such as quizzing, tying recorded audio together with class content. The platform is widely used by students, including learners with specific learning difficulties, and is adopted by educational institutions that provide it as a study and accessibility support tool. It works online or offline across devices, which suits classroom and lecture-hall environments. Genio is positioned as a mainstream learning tool that also supports accessibility needs. It is actively operating in 2025 and 2026, reporting use by well over a hundred thousand students and more than a thousand institutions, with active sign-in, pricing, and ongoing product development. Pricing varies by plan. Check the official website for current pricing.
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SubtitleBee is a browser-based AI tool that automatically converts spoken audio and video into text and generates synchronized, styled subtitles. Beyond captioning marketing clips and social videos, it offers a dedicated audio-transcription mode that handles interviews, lectures, meetings, voice memos, webinars, and podcasts: users upload a recording, select the source language, then review and edit the AI-generated transcript in an in-browser editor before exporting. It recognizes a wide range of languages and can translate captions across many of them, making it useful for global and accessibility-focused workflows. Transcripts and subtitles can be downloaded in standard formats including TXT, SRT, VTT, and ASS. Additional editing tools let users restyle captions (font, color, size, opacity), resize and crop video for different platforms, and add overlay "supertitles." It targets content creators, podcasters, educators, marketers, and professionals who need fast, editable transcripts and captions without technical skills. SubtitleBee has been operating since 2019 and runs entirely in the browser.
Best suited for
Genio is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium); SubtitleBee is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium). Always confirm current pricing on each vendor's site before buying.
| Feature | Genio | SubtitleBee |
|---|---|---|
| Core capability | Class and lecture audio recording with live captions | AI transcription of audio and video for interviews, meetings, webinars, podcasts, and voice memos |
| Standout feature | Full transcript generation after the session | Automatic subtitle/caption generation with recognition of 120+ languages |
| Team usage | AI outlines and student-added notes tied to the recording | Subtitle translation across many languages for multilingual output |
| Integrations | Import of slides and reading materials into notes | In-browser transcript editor to review and correct AI output before export |
| Languages & capture | Offline and cross-device capture for classrooms | Export to multiple formats including TXT, SRT, VTT, and ASS |
| Best-fit workflow | Class and lecture audio recording with live captions | Caption styling plus video resizing/cropping (16:9, 9:16, 1:1) and overlay captions |
Genio
Choose Genio if you need university students recording and reviewing lectures — strengths include purpose-built for education and lecture capture.
SubtitleBee
Choose SubtitleBee if you need transcribing recorded interviews, meetings, or webinars into editable text — strengths include single tool covers both transcription and styled subtitling, with translation into many languages.
Genio
SubtitleBee
It depends on your workflow. Genio is strong for university students recording and reviewing lectures, while SubtitleBee is strong for transcribing recorded interviews, meetings, or webinars into editable text. Both transcribe and summarize meetings.
Genio is a free tier with paid upgrades and SubtitleBee is a free tier with paid upgrades. Check each vendor's pricing page for the latest plans and free-tier limits.
You can — some teams pair them when each covers a different part of the meeting workflow.
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