VITAC, a part of Verbit, and ENCO have formed a strategic partnership to provide broadcasters with a broader range of captioning technologies.
This collaboration combines VITAC’s extensive experience in media captioning, ENCO’s advanced encoding technologies, and Verbit’s AI-driven speech recognition capabilities. This alliance aims to offer enhanced accuracy, reliability, and efficiency in captioning services.
Benefits for Broadcasters
The partnership will allow broadcasters access to a variety of captioning tools and services that are designed to meet their unique needs. By integrating these technologies, the alliance seeks to improve the accessibility of broadcast content and expand the audience reach, ensuring high-quality and reliable captioning solutions are available.
Leadership Commentary
ENCO’s President, Ken Frommert, expressed enthusiasm about the partnership, highlighting the goal to provide a wider selection of captioning options that enhance content accessibility for viewers. VITAC’s General Manager, Doug Karlovits, also remarked on the commitment to innovation and cost-efficiency in captioning, noting the integration of Captivate™ into ENCO’s encoding solutions as a significant benefit for broadcasters’ captioning workflows.
This collaboration marks a step forward in meeting the evolving demands of broadcasters for versatile and effective captioning tools.
About VITAC
VITAC, a Verbit Company, is the largest provider of captioning products and services in North America, captioning hundreds of thousands of programming hours each year. Powered by the latest in AI technology, VITAC helps broadcasters, cable networks, and streaming platforms of all sizes turn spoken audio and video into accessible and actionable text. Its newest AI-powered offering – Captivate™ – is the most reliable and accurate captioning solution on the market today, understanding accents, languages, and speech patterns better than generic ASR engines(VITAC)
About ENCO
Founded in 1983, ENCO pioneered the use of computer-based digital audio and program automation for radio stations and TV studios. The company has since evolved its award-winning product line to span all aspects of today’s automated broadcast and production workflows, including closed and open captioning, visual radio, audio compliance, instant media playout, remote contribution, and cloud-based web streaming. It also brings the benefits of its patented captioning and live audio/video playout innovations to professional AV environments, including conference rooms, lecture halls, sporting arenas, and event venues(ENCO)
News source: https://vitac.com/
