Captioning solutions for live & recorded video

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.

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.

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.

• 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.

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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

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.