Screen Polistream
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The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.
Subtitle playout server for live and file-based broadcast distribution.
Best for european broadcasters routing teletext, DVB and IP subtitles to playout. Pricing: enterprise · contact sales.
What it is
Polistream is Screen Subtitling's playout-side server, distributing subtitles into DVB, teletext, EBU-TT-D and IP streams. Companion to Poliscript on the prep side.
Watch out for: Vendor-specific; engineered for broadcast facilities, not online creators.
Install / use
screensystems.tv
What people actually do with Screen Polistream-style transcription
The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.
Features
| Speaker diarization | No |
| Word-level timestamps | No |
| Streaming / real-time | Yes |
| Languages supported | None |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Screen Polistream vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Screen Polistream | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Products | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | Not verified | $6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free |
| Speaker identification | Not verified | Named in the summary, key quotes and chapters |
| Word timestamps | Not verified | Yes |
| Streaming | Not verified | No |
| Languages | — | 99 |
| Platforms | Linux | Web, API, MCP |
Alternatives to Screen Polistream
Frequently asked about Screen Polistream
How much does Screen Polistream cost?
Screen Polistream does not publish a self-serve price — it is quoted by the vendor on contact. Expect an enterprise-style agreement rather than a card-and-go signup.
Does Screen Polistream work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
Screen Polistream runs on Linux. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond Linux.
How do I get started with Screen Polistream?
There is nothing to install — Screen Polistream is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.
What are the limitations of Screen Polistream?
Vendor-specific; engineered for broadcast facilities, not online creators.
Who is Screen Polistream best for?
European broadcasters routing teletext, DVB and IP subtitles to playout.
Is Screen Polistream open source?
No. Screen Polistream is a proprietary product from Screen Subtitling Systems. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.
Can I use Screen Polistream in the browser?
No — Screen Polistream is a Linux application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.
Who makes Screen Polistream?
Screen Polistream is made by Screen Subtitling Systems.
What kind of tool is Screen Polistream?
In this directory Screen Polistream is filed under broadcast, subtitle authoring as a product.
What are the alternatives to Screen Polistream?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/screen-polistream-alternatives comparing Screen Polistream with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate Screen Polistream-style transcription without running it myself?
Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.
How is Whipscribe different from Screen Polistream?
Screen Polistream is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.
What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Screen Polistream?
$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.
Where is the Screen Polistream category heading?
Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.
Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.
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Need the subtitle file itself?
Upload the recording or paste a link and download SRT or VTT: see the SRT generator, the YouTube to SRT page and the subtitle generator.
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