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Captioning solutions for
live & recorded video

Offer accurate, professional live captions for events, webinars, broadcasts, streaming, and closed captions for on-demand video. Our adaptive AI, Captivate™, delivers up to 99% targeted accuracy. Captions improve comprehension and meet the expectations of modern audiences who expect captions on every video. Delivered seamlessly across platforms like Zoom, YouTube, Vimeo, and LMS systems, our AI captioning can be enhanced with optional human review.

The video captioning technology *that sets us apart*

Verbit’s advanced AI, automatic speech recognition (ASR), and Gen AI tools deliver captions that are accurate and actionable.

Captivate™

Captivate™ is Verbit’s AI-powered automatic speech recognition and captioning engine used to deliver custom captions at up to 99% targeted accuracy. Trained on each customer’s terminology, formatting, and industry, it uses domain-specific models, term boosting, and a dynamic dictionary that updates with each use. Captivate offers scale and accurate captioning for live and recorded content for accessibility support, engagement, and content performance.

Gen.V™

Verbit’s Generative AI technology, Gen.V™, provides helpful insights on customers’ transcripts. Within minutes and the click of a button, Gen.V™ can generate informative summaries of meetings, courses or events. It also offers up quizzes for information recall, chaptering and suggested headlines and keywords. Gen.V’s™ features help to make your transcripts actionable!

20+

Integrations

1M

Words transcribed per day

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End-to-end support

56K+

Videos captioned per week

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Convenient platform

Seamless integrations

Verbit’s captioning integrates directly with your digital workflow to simplify delivery and management. Platforms include: Zoom, Microsoft Teams, YouTube, Vimeo, LMSs, video players, streaming solutions, and more. This ensures captions are automatically delivered and available where your audience consumes content.

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The benefits of professional captioning with Verbit

AI-powered captioning. Closed captioning. Live and post-production captions. All designed to work for your needs.

Professional-grade accuracy

Leverage Adaptive AI + human review ensuring captions match your content perfectly.

Accessibility & engagement

Make content inclusive to audiences who are Deaf or hard of hearing, but also increase video watch times and fuel information retention.

Compliance and 24/7 support

Receive live assistance from a dedicated human support team and meet ADA and WCAG accessibility requirements for live and recorded media.

Platform flexibility

Easily integrate captions into Zoom, YouTube, Vimeo, LMSs, or any video platform. Partnerships with popular event vendors like Cvent help with event captioning too.

Profanity
monitoring

Ensure your captioned content reflects your brand standards with Verbit’s AI-powered profanity monitoring. Captivate™ can be customized to flag words and phrases deemed objectionable or sensitive, automatically detecting profanities that may have been missed in initial captioning. Customers are notified promptly before final delivery, maintaining fast turnaround while keeping your live and recorded video content professional, compliant, and audience-ready.

Leverage our interactive captioning Smart Player

Enhance your captioned videos with Verbit’s Smart Player, designed to make content more engaging and actionable. Add closed captions, layer extended audio descriptions, and provide searchable transcripts for viewers. Interactive features like clip-and-share, transcript search, and adjustable playback help audiences navigate, retain, and share your content across platforms, all while supporting accessibility and compliance standards.

Live captioning services for events, accessibility, and compliance

Corporate & enterprise captioning

Enhance virtual meetings, trainings, and company events with live captioning and closed captions that boost engagement for every viewer. AI-powered Captivate™ delivers up to 99% targeted accuracy for Zoom, Teams, webinars, and internal communications, with searchable transcripts available afterward for documentation and knowledge retention.

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Education captioning

Provide real-time captions for lectures, courses, and campus events to support accessibility, comprehension, and global learners. Powered by Captivate™ with adaptive AI, Verbit delivers accurate live captioning across Zoom, LMS platforms, and hybrid classrooms, which helps institutions meet accessibility expectations and ADA Title II compliance while improving the student experience. Flexible CART transcription services are available with 24-hour booking and 12-hour cancellation.

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Media captioning

Live captioning with flexible formatting, with speaker identification, downloadable transcript, RTMP, & integrations with YouTube, Drive, Dropbox, & more. Deliver broadcast-ready captions for livestreams, OTT, and recorded video content with flexible formatting, speaker IDs, and metadata for distribution. AI captioning with Captivate™ also supports post-production workflows, video libraries, and platform delivery across YouTube, Vimeo, and major CMS systems so creators can reach wider audiences and meet accessibility standards like FCC & ADA guidelines.

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Government captioning

Provide live and closed captioning for council meetings, hearings, public broadcasts, and virtual services to support transparency, accessibility, and equal access. Powered by Captivate™ AI with up to 99% targeted accuracy, Verbit delivers secure captioning across platforms like Zoom, Teams, and streaming systems to help government agencies meet accessibility expectations and ADA/WCAG compliance while serving diverse communities.

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FAQs on Captioning and AI Captioning

What is captioning and why does it matter?

Captioning transcribes spoken language into on-screen text that ensures everyone can access and understand your content, including viewers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, non-native speakers, or those in sound-sensitive environments. Closed captions not only make your video content inclusive, but discoverable with SEO benefits. Captioning your content aligns with accessibility standards and improves audience engagement and watch times.

What are the benefits of captioning with Verbit?

Benefits of working with Verbit for captioning include:

  • Live Captioning: Receive real-time captions for virtual events and live streams.

  • Post-Production Captions: Generate captions to add to recorded video for clarity, accessibility, greater engagement, and consistency.

  • Up to 99% Targeted Accuracy: Captivate™ AI ensures precise captions with the ability to pre-train it and select a domain model, all supported by optional human review.

  • Inclusive & Engaging: Captions support all viewers, making video content easier to follow and more enjoyable.

  • Easy Platform Integrations: Works with Zoom, Teams, YouTube, Vimeo, LMSs, and integrates into platforms you’re already using.

What types of captioning does Verbit provide?

Verbit offers a full suite of captioning options:

  • Live Captioning & Broadcast Captioning – real-time captions for events, meetings, broadcasts.

  • CART Captioning – live, word-for-word text for individuals or groups who need real-time access to spoken content.

  • Post‑Production Captioning – captions for pre-recorded videos, media, corporate content, education, and more.

  • Multi‑Language Captioning & Subtitling – captions and subtitles in 28+ languages, via AI or professional linguists.

How does Verbit ensure high accuracy in captions?

  • Verbit’s AI captioning services are powered by Captivate™, an in-house ASR (automatic speech recognition) engine, which is highly customizable and continuously trained on customer-specific terminology.
  • For more critical content, Verbit complements its AI with human editor review to deliver up to 99% targeted accuracy.

  • To further improve accuracy, Verbit encourages customers to provide “prep materials” (e.g., speaker lists, spellings and terminology) prior to sessions, which helps the ASR engine adapt for strong accuracy performance.

Do captions work in multiple languages?

Yes. Multilingual support ensures accurate captions for global audiences, including region-specific vocabulary and terminology. Verbit supports multi-language captioning and subtitling in 28+ languages, both for live and post‑production workflows.

  • You can choose between AI-powered translation or professional human linguists, depending on your quality and budget needs.

  • Verbit also handles localization (formatting, layout) based on the language and use case.

Which industries or use cases is Verbit captioning best suited for?

Verbit’s captioning services are built for scale and flexibility. Our captioning technology can be customized to the needs and use cases of different industries, including:

  • Media & Entertainment – Live broadcasts, streaming, post‑production, news, sports.

  • Education – Lecture capture, virtual & in-person classes, university and sporting events, archived educational content.

  • Business & Corporate – Webinars, internal meetings, training videos, HR needs, interviews, events.

  • Government / Public Sector – Accessible captioning for public meetings, town halls, press conferences.

How are captions delivered to my platform?

  • Verbit delivers captions directly into Zoom, YouTube, Teams, Vimeo, Google Drive, and other video platforms with seamless integrations.

  • For educational institutions, Verbit integrates with LMS systems like Anthology and Canvas, enabling automatic captioning workflows.

  • For enterprise video platforms, Verbit supports integration with systems like Kaltura and Panopto, facilitating automatic import/export of caption files, transcripts, and more.

How does Verbit handle sensitive or regulated content and media?

  • Verbit offers 24/7 support and has a seasoned team that can tailor workflows and compliance practices for regulated industries.

  • Its ASR engine (Captivate™) is built with both high accuracy and data security in mind, making it suitable for legal, corporate, or broadcast environments where confidential or sensitive information is often shared.

  • Verbit’s company heritage (including its expertise through important acquisitions) adds to its credibility and capacity to handle enterprise‑grade captioning workloads and sensitive content.

Are AI captions accurate enough for complex terminology?

Generic AI captions often are not accurate enough to meet compliance standards. Verbit combines adaptive AI with its ASR technology, Captivate, and optional human review to handle specialized terms, multiple speakers, and proper names with high accuracy and ease.

What are best practices for captioning?

  • Provide prep materials (documents, speaker names, scripts) ahead of your live event or with your recorded files to help improve accuracy.
  • Share your terminology list or create a custom glossary so that Verbit’s ASR Captivate™ and our team can adapt to your domain-specific vocabulary.
  • Use a good-quality microphone: the right mic (lapel, dynamic) and correct placement (close to the speaker) can significantly boost caption accuracy. However, Verbit’s technology can also perform well in noisy environments.

What is the difference between captions and subtitles?

  • Captions display spoken dialogue and important sounds on-screen in the same language they are spoken for accessibility.

  • Subtitles typically translate dialogue into another language to reach greater audiences in their native languages.

  • Both enhance accessibility and engagement.

How do closed captions support accessibility compliance?

Properly implemented closed captions ensure your video content meets ADA and WCAG guidelines, helping all viewers, including those who are Deaf or have hearing loss, among many others access your media with equity.

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“We both use [Verbit] and fully believe it’s an amazing service. We live and die Verbit. It’s super important to us in terms of captions.”
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Charlotte Copeman,

Manager, SMB Strategic Growth Team
Kaltura
“I would 100 percent absolutely recommend other lawyers give it [Legal Visor] a go. Selfishly, I hope they don’t, because that means I’ll continue to have an advantage.”
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Todd Heffner,

Partner in the Construction Law Practice
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
“I wanted to let you know that our captioner tonight is doing an AMAZING job during the Nuggets game!”
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Andrew K.,

Ball Arena
“Auto captions, machine captions, YouTube captions – none of that is compliant. It’s really, really important for institutions to keep that in mind. That’s one of the incredible values of Verbit.”
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Becky Borello, MBA, M.Ed.,

Instructional Technologist
Chatham University

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