VoCaption Integrates with Broadcast Pix

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VoCaption Integrates with Broadcast Pix!

Since 2023, BroadStream Solutions has partnered with Broadcast Pix to create powerful solutions for the audio/visual market.

The latest announcement from this partnership brings live captions to Broadcast Pix customers via BroadStream’s live captioning solution: VoCaption.

VoCaption live captioning is now fully integrated in to Broadcast Pix’s line of Hybrid live video production systems to allow users to stop and start live captions with just the click of a button directly within their Broadcast Pix interface. This new integration leverages the power of VoCaption’s ASR (automatic speech recognition) technology with Broadcast Pix’s integrated live production solutions to create an all-in-one system where users can record, caption, and stream their live content.

Broadcast Pix Hybrid systems now feature this groundbreaking capability, empowering users to generate live, accurate captions effortlessly with just one click. This integration signifies a significant advancement in live streaming production technology, allowing users to utilize ASR software directly within their system without relying on third-party platforms.

Key VoCaption Integration Highlights:

  1. Ease of Use: VoCaption seamlessly integrates into Broadcast Pix Hybrid systems. This new integration  empowers users to quick and easily generate live, accurate captions automatically with the click of one button. This feature eliminates the need for third-party platforms, allowing users to utilize ASR software directly within their system.
  2. Enhanced Accuracy: VoCaption achieves an impressive accuracy rate of over 90-95%, surpassing the typical 80% accuracy of online streaming platforms. Users can further enhance accuracy with features like the custom dictionary, ensuring precise and reliable captions even in challenging audio environments.
  3. Video Content Optimization: VoCaption includes Automatic EBU Timed Text File Creation, enabling the automatic generation of EBU Timed Text (EBU-TT) files for various functions such as subtitle production, archiving, and live subtitling. Additionally, adding captions to videos enhances their SEO ranking, improving accessibility and audience reach.

VoCaption is sold as an additional feature to Broadcast Pix’s line of hybrid integrated production solutions. Customers who choose to enhance the capabilities of their system can also easily manage the processing minutes needed.

To learn more about VoCaption’s integration with Broadcast Pix’s line of solutions visit their website.

To learn more about the VoCaption live captioning solution from Broadstream, visit our website here.

To better understand why you should caption every video click here.

WRAL USES OASYS FOR 24/7 OTT CHANNEL WRAL NEWS+

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WRAL uses OASYS for 24/7 OTT channel WRAL News+

WRAL uses OASYS for 24/7 OTT channel WRAL News+. OTT (over-the-top) refers to media services that are separate from the over the air broadcast and  stream directly to viewers via the Internet. This is becoming a very popular service with viewers as they can access the stream from any device. This convenience means more and more consumers are looking for OTT content which allows them to watch what they want at any time and on any device, instead of the traditional linear TV where consumers have to adhere to scheduled programming on their television.

OASYS customer, WRAL, have dedicated one of their their OASYS Players to deliver a new multi-input OTT channel called WRAL News+. (WRAL is a Raleigh, North Carolina based television station serving as the NBC affiliate for the Research Triangle Area and part of Capital Broadcasting Company, Inc.).

This new OTT channel allows WRAL viewers to access live content, such as weather reports and live traffic announcements, directly from the WRAL website. This convenient access to live content benefits not only the viewers but also the station, who can now stream important news coverage to more viewers.

See their OTT channel in action below! 

Here’s how OASYS allows users to stream an OTT channel:

An OTT channel can be created using a single channel of OASYS with multiple live inputs. These  can be weather, traffic, sports or other live inputs. Using the flexibility of OASYS’ Graphics Extension package, these live inputs are integrated along with options like squeeze and crawl.

Creating a playlist incorporates all the live inputs for a 24/7 stream with a graphic showing all of the streaming options. In WRAL’s configuraton, the SDI output produced by OASYS is routed to various encoders to produce the IP streaming options needed.

OASYS is a flexible integrated playout software that can be configured to fit virtually any broadcast requirement. To learn how your station can use OASYS to create OTT channels, reach out to our team via our contact page!