Kaltura Live Captions

by Kaltura

Caption support inside Kaltura's video platform for higher-ed and enterprise.

TL;DR

Caption support inside Kaltura's video platform for higher-ed and enterprise.

Best for universities and large enterprises standardising on Kaltura for live and on-demand video. Pricing: enterprise · contact sales.

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Pricing
enterprise · contact sales
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Web

What it is

Kaltura's platform offers both AI and human-edited captions for live events and on-demand video, with workflows tuned to higher-ed accessibility programmes and corporate town halls.

Best for: Universities and large enterprises standardising on Kaltura for live and on-demand video.
Watch out for: ASR vendor varies; mature compliance posture but always sold inside a Kaltura plan.

Install / use

kaltura.com

Features

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

Kaltura Live Captions vs Whipscribe

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

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