This agreement is between you and Kaption (a Poland-based solo developer). Installing or running the Kaption desktop app means you accept these terms. If you don't, uninstall and stop using it. This document covers the desktop app. These terms work together with the Terms of service. If they differ, the Terms of service apply.
1. What Kaption does
Kaption reads the pixels of your screen, recognises the text in them, and shows a translated subtitle as an overlay. It does not modify game files, read game memory, inject code into games, tamper with network traffic, or communicate with game servers. It is a passive, screen-reading tool that works the same way accessibility software works.
2. Not affiliated
Kaption is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or connected to HoYoverse, miHoYo, Cognosphere, or any other game publisher. Names of games and characters belong to their respective owners. Kaption uses them descriptively to identify supported titles.
3. Your responsibility with game Terms of Service
You are responsible for following the terms of the games you use Kaption with. HoYoverse has not published a position on overlays that read the screen, and nobody can guarantee how a publisher will treat such a tool. We do not guarantee it either. Whether to use Kaption is your decision.
4. License grant
You may install and run Kaption for your own use. One account can have at most two active devices at a time. The app's source code is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and nothing in this agreement limits your rights under that licence. The translation packs and game data delivered through the service are not covered by AGPL-3.0: you may use them only inside Kaption, for your own use, and you may not extract, decrypt, copy or share them, unless mandatory law allows it.
5. Pricing
Kaption is free during the open beta. There are no paid plans or in-app purchases. If we ever introduce paid features, we will announce them in advance and publish separate terms. Nothing will be charged without your order.
6. Revocation
We may revoke your license if you abuse the service, for example by sharing credentials to circumvent the device limit, by uploading malicious files, or by harassing other users on community channels. Revocation means your activations stop refreshing; the app keeps working until the local grace period expires (default 7 days offline), then requires a new license.
7. No warranty
Kaption is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Text recognition accuracy depends on your screen resolution, game text rendering, and many other factors we can't control. Translations are machine-assisted and not always perfect.
8. Limitation of liability
Liability is governed by the "Liability" section of the Terms of service.
9. Privacy
See the Privacy policy. In short: we store your sign-in profile and your devices (computer name and hashed hardware identifiers), and, if you joined through a referral, the sign-up IP address and how long you used the app, for the referral rules. Crash reports are sent only if you turn them on. We never receive images of your screen.
10. Updates
Kaption checks for updates in-app. You can decline any update; older versions may stop working if a breaking change to the licensing backend ships. We try to avoid that.
11. Termination
You may terminate this agreement at any time by uninstalling. We may terminate for the reasons in section 6. Sections 7, 8, 9, and 12 survive termination.
12. Governing law and disputes
Governing law and disputes are covered by the "Governing law and disputes" section of the Terms of service.
13. Contact
Questions, license transfers, or deletion requests: contact@kaption.one