Live Speaker Recognition Integrated in Real-Time Automatic Speech Recognition for Live Captioning by Verbit
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Embrace the future of live broadcast captions with Verbit's groundbreaking speaker identification feature in their Captivate ASR solution. This game-changing addition aims to revolutionize the way viewers experience and interact with automated captions during live events.
Now, instead of just seeing speaker changes, viewers can see specific individuals identified – be it news anchors, weather reporters, or sportscasters. For instance:
>> JONATHAN WILLIAMS: Let's delve into today's top news stories.>> NICOLE HAINES: Warnings issued for dangerous storms making their way toward the southern plains.>> DAN THOMPSON: Showing a solid performance, but it looks like the bullpen's getting called in now.
By pinpointing individual speakers, the feature offers improved understanding of rapid, overlapping, and multi-speaker dialogues. Moreover, it creates a more accessible experience for millions who rely on captions.
"Live caption viewers deserve the same clarity and context that human captioning has long provided," said Verbit General Manager Doug Karlovits. "Our new speaker identification solution taps into the most advanced and innovative speaker models to achieve the highest accuracy for speaker IDs."
With this rollout, the feature has begun partnering with media customers across news, weather, and live sports to elevate viewer experience and comply with accessibility guidelines like the ADA.
For customer-specific speakers, Verbit’s professional Global Prep Team captures voice profiles, creating a signature that is added to the trained acoustic and language models during live broadcasts. This ensures accurate and real-time tagging of speakers as they speak.
"We work with customers to determine which speakers they wish to identify," said Karlovits. "Customization options for speaker IDs and tailoring formatting and styles depending on each customer's preferences are also available."
The new feature additionally boosts analytics capabilities by enabling broadcasters to track and analyze who spoke during the broadcast, information particularly useful for compliance, editorial decisions, and future AI-powered workflows.
Verbit's speaker identification feature is the latest empowering update in their Captivate ASR solution, which was recently recognized on Fast Company's "Next Big Things in Tech" list. It caters to the unique needs of customers by offering highly accurate, cost-effective captions and transcripts, thereby setting a new standard in the live captioning realm.
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- Verbit'sCaptivate ASR solution, recently recognized by Fast Company, now includes a groundbreaking speaker identification feature, enhancing the accuracy and clarity of live captions during events.
- This feature, set to revolutionize the way viewers interact with automated captions, identifies specific individuals such as news anchors, weather reporters, or sportscasters during live broadcasts.
- By pinpointing individual speakers, the feature offers increased understanding of rapid, overlapping, and multi-speaker dialogues, creating a more accessible experience for millions who rely on captions.
- Broadcasters can also leverage this feature to boost analytics capabilities, tracking and analyzing who spoke during the broadcast, information useful for compliance, editorial decisions, and future AI-powered workflows.
- In collaboration with media customers across news, weather, and live sports, Verbit's speaker identification feature aims to elevate the viewer experience and comply with accessibility guidelines like the ADA, while creating customized solutions for customer-specific speakers.
