Brightcove Auto Captions

by Brightcove

Automatic captioning service inside Brightcove's Video Cloud platform.

TL;DR

Automatic captioning service inside Brightcove's Video Cloud platform.

Best for media companies and enterprises already using Brightcove for streaming who need same-vendor captions. Pricing: enterprise · contact sales.

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Pricing
enterprise · contact sales
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Web

What it is

Brightcove's Auto Captions service generates VTT and TTML caption tracks for videos uploaded to Video Cloud, with optional integration of human-edit vendors for higher-accuracy deliverables.

Best for: Media companies and enterprises already using Brightcove for streaming who need same-vendor captions.
Watch out for: Tied to a Brightcove plan; accuracy depends on the underlying ASR partner.

Install / use

brightcove.com — Video Cloud

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Brightcove Auto Captions vs Whipscribe

FeatureBrightcove Auto CaptionsWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
Pricingenterprise · contact salesfree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestamps—Yes
StreamingYesNo
Languages—99
PlatformsWebWeb, API, MCP

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