Live & News Subtitling

SysMedia has proven expertise to help you master the challenges of live subtitling. As well as the equipment and software, we also provide advice on the best approach in the context of the programme and training to get you started quickly.

Real-time text input (speech, Stenograph, Velotype, single/dual keyboard)
Download of runorders and scripts from newsroom system
Preparation of transcripts for video packages
Re-use of live subtitles in a repeat broadcast
Choice of presentation style (block, line-by-line or word-by-word scrolling)

SysMedia’s WinCAPS Live software supports subtitling for all live and fast-turnaround programmes, blending together live and offline subtitling techniques in a single package. So, whilst it is possible to subtitle a whole programme "as live" (transcribing the audio as quickly and as accurately as possible), you can also improve text and timing accuracy by using available scripts and quickly transcribing video packages in advance.

SUBMUX - Dual keyboard for fast text entry in any language Speech input is handled by the SpeakTITLE module, so that subtitle re-speakers can dictate subtitle text plus colour and position commands using their chosen recognition engine; automatic post-processing corrects style and improves quality.

Stenograph input can use our own StenoClient or third-party writing software. Alternatively the unique SUBMUX feature, supported by topic-based shortforms, allows two PC keyboards to be used in tandem for fast text entry where no faster method is available (pictured).

Newsroom Interface - import news scripts and track runorders automatically

AutoTX and WinCAPS News help to automate scripted bulletins WinCAPS News interfaces with a newsroom system (such as iNews or ENPS) and downloads selected runorders and story scripts. It creates a new, multiuser WinCAPS file for each monitored runorder, and maintains a copy of the running order and story text automatically. Automatic segmentation splits the text into readable subtitles based on linguistic and geometric rules that can be tuned for each language.

Changes to the running order and story scripts are continuously tracked and reflected automatically in the WinCAPS subtitle file - . Subtitle editors can adjust the WinCAPS version of the script at any time, any subsequent update to the newsroom version then flags the story in WinCAPS and allows the subtitler to compare the two versions easily.

WinCAPS News is also integrated into two other products:
AutoTX - which incorporates the SysMedia Speech Follower so that subtitles for fully scripted bulletins can be broadcast automatically in time with the voice of the presenter.
Newswatch - newsroom-to-web system that republishes newsroom story data to a website or mobile phone service with real-time updates.

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