NEVADA CITY, CALIF.--Telestream has updated its CaptionMaker closed captioning and subtitling software with support for over 100 languages, as well as the ability to auto-transcribe via the Telestream Timed Text Speech cloud service, dramatically saving transcription time.

Video media in languages such as Russian, Tagalog, Japanese, German, and other Asian, African, and European languages can automatically be transcribed by accessing the Timed Text Speech service directly from within CaptionMaker. The results can then be edited, formatted, and exported as industry standard caption and subtitle files.

“The new extensive language support and auto-transcription available through CaptionMaker 8 offers a unique captioning and subtitling workflow for international language video post-production,” said Giovanni Galvez, Product Manager for captioning and subtitling at Telestream. “Users can access Telestream Cloud’s Timed Text Speech auto-transcription capabilities from within CaptionMaker whenever required with an affordable Cloud subscription.”

For high-volume, enterprise workflows, users can batch submit media using the Vantage Cloud Speech connector. The Vantage Cloud Speech Action can return a plain text document or a subtitle SRT file. The result can be converted to an SCC or various other subtitle formats using Vantage Timed Text Flip. Subtitle files can be further edited in CaptionMaker or used by a transcoder such as IPTV Flip.

CaptionMaker now includes an Audio Waveform Timeline that displays a graphical representation of all spoken dialogue. This feature helps editors when making critical adjustments to any professional subtitle or caption project.

For a complete list of languages supported in CaptionMaker version 8 go to: www.telestream.net/captioning/timed-text-speech.htm

NEVADA CITY, CALIF.—Telestream has announced its new Timed Text Speech service, which uses speech-to-text technology, artificial intelligence and cloud-based processing to create a text transcript of a video and can populate it directly into a captioning project with the correct time. This file-based, auto-transcription service will be shown at IBC 2017.

Timed Text Speech can be used by content creators who need to produce captions and subtitles for time-sensitive content, as well as short form content, like promos, that require captioning. Operators can review the service’s transcription results while the speech engine is processing the rest of the video program.

According to Telestream Product Manager Giovanni Galvez, Timed Text Speech users only pay by the transcription minute and the service can be combined with the Telestream MacCaption/CaptionMaker closed captioning software to create an all-in-one transcription and subtitling/captioning tool.

Telestream will make Timed Text Speech service available in October. In its current version, Timed Text Speech works with English, French, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish language video content; Arabic, Japanese and Mandarin are expected for a later release.