Wowza Captions

by Wowza

Caption support inside Wowza's streaming-server ecosystem.

TL;DR

Caption support inside Wowza's streaming-server ecosystem.

Best for streaming engineers needing CEA-608/708 passthrough or WebVTT injection in HLS/DASH. Pricing: subscription · contact sales.

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Pricing
subscription · contact sales
Platforms
Linux, Windows, Web

What it is

Wowza Streaming Engine and Streaming Cloud carry CEA-608/708 captions through HLS and DASH outputs and accept WebVTT side-channel captions, used by enterprise streaming engineers.

Best for: Streaming engineers needing CEA-608/708 passthrough or WebVTT injection in HLS/DASH.
Watch out for: Captioning is plumbing — needs an upstream STT or CART feed.

Install / use

wowza.com

Features

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

Wowza Captions vs Whipscribe

FeatureWowza CaptionsWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
Pricingsubscription · contact salesfree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestamps—Yes
StreamingYesNo
Languages—99
PlatformsLinux, Windows, WebWeb, API, MCP

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