Captionsmart

by Captionsmart

AI live captioning for SaaS meetings and webinars with a focus on enterprise accessibility.

TL;DR

AI live captioning for SaaS meetings and webinars with a focus on enterprise accessibility.

Best for mid-market companies looking for a budget alternative to VITAC/Verbit for internal live events. Pricing: subscription · contact sales.

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Products
License
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Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
subscription · contact sales
Platforms
Web

What it is

Captionsmart packages AI captioning plus an optional human reviewer for corporate town halls and webinars. Plugs into Zoom, Teams and Webex via their standard caption webhooks.

Best for: Mid-market companies looking for a budget alternative to VITAC/Verbit for internal live events.
Watch out for: Smaller vendor; depends on contractor pool for human-captioner tier.

Install / use

captionsmart.com

Features

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

Captionsmart vs Whipscribe

FeatureCaptionsmartWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
Pricingsubscription · contact salesfree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestamps—Yes
StreamingYesNo
Languages—99
PlatformsWebWeb, API, MCP

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