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Captioning and Transcription

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Automatic Sync Technologies (AST) leverages leading-edge technology and professional stenographers to power its CaptionSync service; a fast and simple web-based solution for generating captions, transcripts and video search data for a variety of video at a great price, without the error rates found in speech recognition.

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CaptionSync Advantages

  • Exceptional pricing
  • More than 50 different caption output formats available
  • Secure web based software available 24/7
  • We use trained human transcribers, not speech recognition software
  • Ease of use – simply log in and submit media
  • Fast – with or without transcription provided for you
  • Bulk upload tools provided
  • Simple payment options
  • Integration – powerful automated workflows

Why We Stand Out

  • We understand your situation. As an agent of change, AST provides user training, personal support, news, and research to address your needs.
  • We understand timelines. AST delivers over 50 closed caption and subtitle formats to you in minutes and high quality transcripts in as little as 24 hours, if you don’t have them.
  • We understand technology growth. AST is known as a leading provider because we are responsive and we’re staying in touch with emerging technology for you.
  • We understand where technology does not measure up. AST uses trained human transcribers to generate high quality transcripts, not speech recognition which produces substandard results.
  • We understand compliance. AST is there, addressing compliance issues, forming partnerships, and setting the bar, for customers around the world so we are there when you need us.

Why Caption? The Unexpected Benefits of Captioning

  • Improved Indexing and Searching: Use captions or transcripts as meta data to make your video text-searchable, and to make web-embedded video search engine friendly.
  • Viewer Flexibility: With the increasing popularity of mobile devices, viewers may be in environments where access to the audio is limited. Captioning allows them to view content whether they are in the library, at a concert or on a noisy bus.
  • Improved Accessibility for ESL Viewers: There are more viewers with English as a second language than there are with English as a first language — captioning helps your message reach larger audiences.
  • Improved Comprehension: Captioning improves comprehension and retention of media content for all viewers.

Latest News

Automatic Sync Technologies Integrates with the Kaltura Online Video Platform

Automatic Sync Technologies (AST) today announced its partnership with Kaltura (www.kaltura.com), developer of the first and only open source online video platform. AST’s CaptionSync™ technology now fully integrates with Kaltura’s More »

Captioning for Elluminate/Collaborate Archives

CaptionSync can now accept Blackboard Collaborate presentations (Elluminate archives) for captioning. CaptionSync users can submit a list of Collaborate archives and receive back captioned videos in the M4V video format. More »

Automatic Sync Technologies and Tegrity Partner to Automate Fully Captioned Lecture Capture

Automatic Sync Technologies (AST) today announced a partnership with Tegrity, the leading campus-wide lecture capture service and a division of McGraw Hill Higher Education. AST’s CaptionSync™ technology now supports Tegrity More »

Automatic Sync Technologies Added to GSA Schedule 70 to Provide Compliant Closed-Captioning of Digital Video to Federal Agencies

Automatic Sync Technologies (AST) today announced that its services are now available to federal government agencies purchasing under the General Services Administration (GSA) IT Schedule 70. AST’s CaptionSync™ captioning and More »

Automatic Sync Technologies Announces Closed Captioning in Spanish

Automatic Sync Technologies (AST) today announced support for closed captioning of digital video content in Spanish. AST’s CaptionSync™ technology now delivers full text transcripts and time-coded synchronized captions for videos More »

Automatic Sync Technologies Integrates with Brightcove Video to Enable Automated Workflow for Producers

Automatic Sync Technologies (AST) today announced it has partnered with Brightcove, the leading cloud content services company. AST’s CaptionSync™ technology now fully integrates with Brightcove Video Cloud, the leading online More »

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