Switchboard Live Captions

by Switchboard Live

Live captioning add-on for the Switchboard Live multistreaming platform.

TL;DR

Live captioning add-on for the Switchboard Live multistreaming platform.

Best for live streamers fanning out one source to multiple destinations who also want a caption overlay. 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

Switchboard Live is a multistreaming router; its captioning feature lets a single source carry burned-in or sidecar captions across its destinations.

Best for: Live streamers fanning out one source to multiple destinations who also want a caption overlay.
Watch out for: Captions are an add-on, not the core; ASR-only at the entry tiers.

Install / use

switchboard.live

Features

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

Switchboard Live Captions vs Whipscribe

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

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