[September 20, 2011]

Closed Caption Time Stamping Breakthrough

CPC's (News - Alert) Automatic Time Stamp (ATS) add-on software dramatically reduces the time it takes to closed caption videos by automatically time stamping each caption using the latest speech recognition technology. This labor-saving option takes CPC's post production closed captioning software to the next level of automation.

Until now, time stamping closed captions was a labor-intensive, time consuming process, consisting of pressing a key when you heard the first word of each caption. Your options were limited to doing the time stamping yourself, or paying a service on a recurring basis to do it for you.

ATS Add-on Software is a Closed Captioning Game Changer

ATS time stamps automatically, saving both time and money. Advantages include:

• Eliminates the need to time stamp manually.
• The time stamping process is much faster than real-time (15 to 30 times faster, depending on the speed of your computer).
• Allows ou to time stamp captions on an unlimited number of videos for an annual fee.
• Works with CPC's award winning CaptionMaker® and MacCaption™ closed captioning software.

ATS uses speech recognition to automatically synchronize the transcript with the video. (It does not generate the transcript. It compares the audio to a pre-loaded transcript). It works best with videos with high quality audio.

ATS has built-in intelligence, so that if the audio quality is poor, the software automatically detects captions with fair to poor synchronization and highlights them in red, so they can be spot checked and manually corrected.

Users' Reactions

"This will definitely be a time saver, no matter how you slice it."

"Looks like you have a winner on your hands."

"Congratulations, guys! Go ahead, pat yourselves on the back; you deserve it!"

Requirements

• An accurate transcript.
• A video with a high quality audio track (i.e. good signal-to-noise ratio).
• CPC closed captioning software (ATS is add-on software that works with CPC's MacCaption and CaptionMaker post-production captioning software. ATS has an annual licensing fee).

About CPC - The Closed Captioning Software Leader

Automatic time stamping is the latest addition to CPC's industry-leading line of closed captioning and subtitling software. Since 1986, CPC has been the captioning industry leader. CPC also operates an award winning captioning and subtitling service. More info: www.cpcweb.com/ats

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