# Supported Browsers

We currently support the following browsers:

| Browser  | Works in Browser | Works as PWA |
| -------- | :--------------: | :----------: |
| Brave    |       ❌[^1]      |     ❌[^1]    |
| Chrome   |       ✅[^2]      |     ✅[^3]    |
| Chromium |       ❌[^1]      |     ❌[^1]    |
| Edge     |      🚧[^4]      |    ✅[^5]\*   |
| Firefox  |       ❌[^6]      |     ❌[^6]    |
| Opera    |       ❌[^7]      |     ❌[^7]    |
| Safari   |       ✅[^8]      |    🚧[^9]    |

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This list is subject to change.
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[^1]: Chromium based browsers other than Chrome do not support WebSpeech due to Google not providing access to their Voice to Text API

[^2]: Chrome fully supports captioning in thee browser. 

[^3]: Chrome fully supports installations of PWA's on all systems that it runs on.

[^4]: Microsoft's implementation of the WebSpeech API is not standard. We are working on support in Edge.

[^5]: Edge is supported as long as Zip Captions is installed via the [Microsoft Store](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pjn1f4bf2mh?hl=en-US\&gl=US)

[^6]: Firefox does not support the WebSpeech API

[^7]: Opera should support the WebSpeech API however, no results are returned in Opera

[^8]: Safari fully supports Zip Captions in the browser

[^9]: Apple only support the installation of PWA's as shortcuts on iOS and iPadOS. PWA's are not supported on MacOS.


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