JW Player Captions

by JW Player

Caption pipeline inside JW Player's video platform with optional ASR.

TL;DR

Caption pipeline inside JW Player's video platform with optional ASR.

Best for publishers and broadcasters who deliver via JW Player and want native caption support. Pricing: subscription · contact sales.

Category
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

JW Player supports WebVTT, TTML and CEA-608/708 sidecar captions, with optional automatic captioning across its on-demand and live offerings.

Best for: Publishers and broadcasters who deliver via JW Player and want native caption support.
Watch out for: Captions are one feature among many in JW Player's platform tiers.

Install / use

jwplayer.com

Features

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

JW Player Captions vs Whipscribe

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

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