Terms of service

We issue these terms under Art. 8 of the Polish Act of 18 July 2002 on Providing Services by Electronic Means. We make them available free of charge on this page, in a form you can download, save and print.

Point of contact for users and authorities, including for Art. 11 and 12 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (Digital Services Act): contact@kaption.one. We write in Polish and English.

• Kaption or the service: the kaption.one site together with the API at api.kaption.one, the Kaption app for Windows, the translation packs, updates and the programs described in these terms.
• App: the Kaption program for Windows computers.
• Translation pack: encrypted files with game text and its translations that the app downloads from our servers.
• Account: your Kaption account, created by signing in with Google or Discord.
• Consumer: a natural person who uses Kaption for purposes not directly connected with their business or profession (Art. 22¹ of the Polish Civil Code). We also apply the consumer rules to a sole trader for whom the contract is not of a professional nature (Art. 385⁵ of the Polish Civil Code).
• We means the service provider named above. You means the person using Kaption.

Kaption shows a Polish translation of dialogue from Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero in an overlay above the game window. The app captures the part of the screen you select, recognises the text in it on your computer and matches it against a translation pack.

The app does not modify game files, inject code into the game process, read game memory, interfere with the game's network traffic or automate anything in the game. Screen images are not sent over the internet.

As part of Kaption we provide these services by electronic means:

• the kaption.one site, including guides, character pages and update notes,
• your account and device list,
• the app, the translation packs and updates,
• the feedback form in the app,
• the vote for the next languages,
• the referral program and the creator program.

Kaption is an independent project. We are not affiliated with HoYoverse, COGNOSPHERE PTE. LTD. or miHoYo, we do not act on their behalf and they do not endorse us.

HoYoverse has not published a position on overlays that read the screen. Nobody can honestly guarantee how a publisher will treat such a tool, and we do not guarantee it. We describe how Kaption works; whether to use it is your decision. The games' own terms apply to you regardless of these terms.

During the open beta, Kaption is free. You pay nothing for the app, the translation packs, updates or the account. There are no paid plans, no in-app purchases and no ads. We do not sell your data.

If we ever introduce paid features, we will announce them in advance and publish separate terms for them. Nothing will be charged without your order.

Kaption is in beta. Features may change and bugs may happen.

• App: a computer with 64-bit Windows 10 or 11, a Google or Discord account, and an internet connection for signing in, downloading translation packs and updates.
• Site: an up-to-date browser with JavaScript enabled. To sign in, the browser must accept cookies.

You need an account to use the app. You create it by signing in with Google or Discord. We have no separate passwords. You are responsible for the security of your Google or Discord account.

One account can have at most two active devices at a time. To add another, remove one on your account page.

The app contacts our server from time to time to confirm the activation and to download pack updates. If the server is unreachable, the app keeps working with the packs it already has for a limited time.

We may suspend or delete an account if you breach these terms seriously or repeatedly, for example by sharing the account with many people, activating devices with scripts or cheating in the referral program. Before deleting an account we will email you, unless the situation needs an immediate response.

We publish the app's source code under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 (AGPL-3.0) at github.com/wojciechowskiapp/Kaption. Anyone who wants to use the code on other terms can ask us for a commercial licence. Nothing in these terms or in the app's licence agreement limits the rights the AGPL-3.0 gives you.

The AGPL-3.0 does not cover the translation packs and game data we deliver through the service, our server and translation publishing tools, or the Kaption name and logo. You may use the translation packs only inside the Kaption app, for your own use. You may not extract, decrypt, copy or share them, unless mandatory law allows it.

The Kaption name and logo belong to the project's author. If you distribute a modified version of the app, give it its own name and icon.

When using Kaption, you may not:

• provide unlawful content, including in feedback and claims,
• try to access other people's accounts, devices or data, or get around the service's safeguards, including the device limit,
• pull data from the site or the API automatically in a way that loads the service, for example mass requests to /api/license/*,
• use Kaption to spread malware or for anything else unlawful,
• cheat in the referral program or the creator program,
• copy and publish content from the site beyond what the law allows, including the right of quotation, or leave out the source when quoting.

If you break these rules, we may limit your access to the service, suspend or delete your account and cancel referrals and rewards, as described in "Account and devices" and "Referral program".

The referral program is voluntary and free. This section sets its rules. The referral page summarises them and shows your progress.

Who can refer. Anyone with a Kaption account. A minor can receive a reward with the consent of a parent or guardian.

Who can be referred. A person who creates a new account through your link, or who enters your code in the app or on the site no later than 7 days after creating their account. Each account can be linked to only one referrer. You cannot refer yourself.

When a referral is active. When, within 30 days of the referral being recorded, the referred person uses Kaption with subtitles on for at least 120 minutes in total, on at least 3 different days. Days are counted in UTC. The app measures the time and sends it with its regular calls to our server.

Milestones and rewards. At 15 active referrals you claim, at your choice, 1,980 primogems or $30. At 40 active referrals you claim another 3,280 primogems or $50. Each milestone is claimed once. Milestones do not reset and there is no limit on invitations, but there are only two rewards.

How to claim. You claim a reward on your account page or in the app and pick one method: a PayPal transfer in US dollars, an Amazon gift card worth the reward, sent by email (we agree the Amazon store region with you by email), or a top-up of your game account through your HoYoLAB UID and server region (America, Europe, Asia or TW/HK/MO). We deliver primogems as a Genesis Crystals top-up, which you exchange for primogems in the game. The details in your claim must be yours and correct. You cannot change a claim yourself once it is sent; if you made a mistake, write to us.

Timing. We send the reward within 72 hours of your claim. If the claim needs a manual check, or the details you gave do not work, it can take longer.

Abuse. We check referrals automatically and by hand:

• if a referred account is activated on a computer the referrer uses, the referral is cancelled automatically and the referrer's code stops working. From then on the referrer earns no further milestones,
• a shared network, for example at home or in a dorm, does not cancel a referral, but we may check it by hand,
• we may cancel a referral or reject a reward claim if referrals are faked, for example through accounts made for yourself, passing accounts around, automation or false details.

If you think a cancellation is a mistake, write to us. A person will review it.

Taxes. A reward may be taxable income for you. Settling the tax is your responsibility, unless the law requires us to withhold tax or report the payment to the tax office. In that case we will ask for the details we need and may hold the payout until we get them.

Changes and end of the program. We may change or end the program by announcing it on the program page at least 14 days in advance. Milestones reached before a change are settled under the earlier rules.

The creator program is voluntary. Ideas for videos and ready-made images are on the creators page.

• What counts. A publicly published video about Kaption on TikTok, YouTube (including Shorts) or Instagram. You send the link on our Discord or to contact@kaption.one, with the channel name we should credit and how to reach you.
• Rate. For a video that follows these rules we pay a one-off $10 to $100. We set the rate after publication, based on reach (views and reactions). We agree the amount and the payout method with you on Discord or by email.
• Content rules. Show how Kaption really works. Do not promise that it protects from bans, and do not call it an official HoYoverse app. Say plainly that Kaption is free, and do not make up discount codes or a paid version. We do not pay for a video that breaks these rules.
• Ad label. Mark a video you submit to the program as an ad or paid partnership, as the law and the platform's rules require.
• Your rights. The video and the channel stay yours. We do not take over copyright. By submitting a video you agree that we may embed it from the platform or link to it on kaption.one and on our social media, always with the channel name and a link. If you want us to stop, write to us.
• Taxes. Settling the tax on a payout is your responsibility, unless the law requires us to withhold tax or report the payment to the tax office.
• Age. A minor needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
• Changes. We may change or end the program. Videos submitted before a change are settled under the earlier rules.

Some content in Kaption is prepared by AI models from game data. Guides and tips for characters, builds where the game gives none, team suggestions and some images are labelled on the site as prepared by AI. Polish translations of game text and update notes are also made with the help of AI.

AI-prepared content can contain errors. It is not official material from the game publishers. Treat it as help, and when in doubt, check in the game.

The site also links to other authors' services (for example Game8, KQM, Fandom, Prydwen, the HoYoLAB wiki) and shows YouTube videos. Their authors are responsible for their content. We credit creators' recordings with the channel name and a link.

Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, Zenless Zone Zero, HoYoverse and HoYoLAB are trademarks of COGNOSPHERE PTE. LTD. or its affiliates. Game text, names, character art, icons, illustrations and other game material shown on kaption.one and in the app belong to their owners, in particular COGNOSPHERE PTE. LTD. (HoYoverse) and its licensors.

We use them only to identify the games, characters and content Kaption relates to and to show how the app works. The translation packs contain game text, and we use it only to show you a personal translation as an aid to understanding the game. We claim no rights to this material.

We do not credit the source of this material in the app or next to each image, so this notice covers the whole service. A rights holder who objects to a specific piece of material can write to contact@kaption.one.

Kaption is a small, independent project. We work to keep it stable, but we do not guarantee continuous availability, updates or long-term support. Planned and unplanned breaks can happen.

Games change. After a game update, translations may not cover new text for a while, and the app may work less well until we adapt it.

The app checks for updates by itself and offers to install them. You can skip an update, but an older version may at some point stop working with our server.

Kaption helps you understand dialogue, but we cannot promise that:

• the translation will always be right. Text recognition can misread characters, and matching sometimes picks the wrong line,
• the app will work on every computer and with every new game version,
• game publishers will not change their rules or take action against players' accounts.

To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential damage from using Kaption, including publishers' actions against your game account, data loss or system problems.

These limits do not apply to liability the law does not allow to be excluded or limited, in particular for damage caused intentionally or through gross negligence. Nothing in these terms limits a consumer's rights under mandatory law, including the rules on the conformity of digital content and digital services with the contract.

If the service does not work as it should, or you disagree with a decision we made in the referral program or the creator program, send a complaint to contact@kaption.one. Say what it is about, describe the problem and give your account email if the matter concerns your account.

We reply within 14 days of receiving the complaint, to the address it came from.

The agreement to use the site starts when you begin using it and ends when you leave it. The agreement for the account and the app is made for an indefinite period when you first sign in with Google or Discord and accept these terms.

You can end it at any time, without giving a reason and at no cost: uninstall the app and write to contact@kaption.one that you want your account deleted.

If you are a consumer, you can also withdraw from the agreement within 14 days of creating your account, without giving a reason. A statement sent to contact@kaption.one is enough. You can use the model form from Annex 2 to the Polish Consumer Rights Act of 30 May 2014. Kaption is free, so withdrawal means closing the account and involves no refunds.

We may end the agreement for the serious reasons described in "Account and devices" and "Rules of use", and when we shut Kaption down. We will announce a shutdown on the site at least 14 days in advance.

Using services over the internet comes with common risks such as malware, phishing for login details and sites impersonating well-known services. Download the Kaption installer only from kaption.one. The Security page explains how to check the installer. We never ask for the password to your Google, Discord or game account.

The Privacy policy explains how we process personal data.

These terms and the agreements made under them are governed by Polish law. If you are a consumer, choosing Polish law does not take away the protection given to you by the mandatory rules of the country where you have your habitual residence (Art. 6(2) of the Rome I Regulation).

Disputes with consumers are decided by the court that has jurisdiction under the general rules. Disputes with businesses are decided by the court competent for the service provider's seat.

Before going to court, write to us. We always try to settle a matter amicably first. As a consumer you can also get free help from your municipal or county consumer ombudsman (miejski lub powiatowy rzecznik konsumentów) or use the out-of-court dispute resolution bodies listed by the President of UOKiK (uokik.gov.pl). Taking part in out-of-court proceedings is voluntary for us.

We may change these terms for valid reasons: changes in the law, changes to Kaption's features, introducing or changing programs, or the need to protect the service from abuse. We announce changes on the site and change the date at the top. Material changes affecting your account are announced at least 14 days before they take effect. If you do not accept them, you can delete your account during that time.

Questions, complaints and data matters: contact@kaption.one. We reply in Polish and English.