Telestream Vantage Timed Text

by Telestream

Server-side caption automation inside the Vantage media-processing platform.

TL;DR

Server-side caption automation inside the Vantage media-processing platform.

Best for large broadcasters running Vantage for transcoding who want caption conform and delivery in the same pipeline. Pricing: enterprise · contact sales.

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Pricing
enterprise · contact sales
Platforms
Windows

What it is

Timed Text is the captions module of Telestream Vantage. Runs file-based caption conform, conversion and embedding (CEA-608/708, IMSC1, TTML, EBU-STL, SRT) as part of an automated media-processing graph.

Best for: Large broadcasters running Vantage for transcoding who want caption conform and delivery in the same pipeline.
Watch out for: Tightly bound to Vantage; needs Telestream professional services for non-trivial workflows.

Install / use

telestream.net/vantage — module add-on

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Telestream Vantage Timed Text vs Whipscribe

FeatureTelestream Vantage Timed TextWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
Pricingenterprise · contact salesfree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestampsYesYes
Streaming—No
Languages—99
PlatformsWindowsWeb, API, MCP

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