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If you want to show real-time subtitles in a stream, it is possible with Real-Time Subtitles feature. The feature is easy to use but requires contacting support before the first use – just ask us to enable the feature and we will!

If you want to see a demo, you can see one here.

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Language settings

  1. Make sure that you have Real-time Subtitles compatible live channel selected. If Videosync Support has enabled Real-time subtitles but you can’t see them in the menu under Live section, you most probably don’t have the Real-time subtitles compatible live channel selected. The right live channel has “Real-time subtitles” in its name.

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  1. When you have the right live channel selected, you can find “Real-time subtitles” under “Live” section of the Videosync’s Event Admin menu. Click it to open the language settings.

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  1. Now you should see settings for Source language for the spoken language, Selected languages for translations that will be shown as real-time subtitles, and the Save button with Estimated cost above it keeping you informed about the estimated costs. The cost estimation is based on the amount of translations and the estimated duration based on the event duration in event’s settings. The price will be based on the actual duration of the stream.

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  1. The last step is to enable the subtitles in Subtitles ⇒ Enable subtitles. Don’t forget to save the settings!

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Turning on the service

  1. You turn on the service before the event by clicking Start subtitled stream button. Seeing this button requires having the Real-time subtitles capable live channel selected.

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  1. You should turn on the stream 5 minutes before you need it, since turning it on might take up to 5 minutes depending on the load on the servers. When you have started the Real-time Subtitles service, you will see Initializing subtitled stream until the service is up and running.

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  1. Once the Real-time Subtitles service is up and running, you will see a notification and there will be Stop subtitled stream text in the button.

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  1. When the Real-time Subtitles service is up and running, you can start streaming to the live channel from you encoder with the RTMPS URL and stream key used by the Real-time Subtitles compatible live channel. You can see Bitrate in showing when Videosync is receiving your stream, but you should be aware that the delay with Real-time Subtitles capable live channel is 60 seconds.

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  1. Ending the stream. When you are ready to end the stream, it is recommended to set the event to End live state first, then click Stop subtitled stream and after that stop the encoder.

Features

Glossary

It is crucial for quality of the subtitles to use glossary, because without it the AI has no clue whether the CEO’s first name is Kathy or Kati. Also acronyms and other important words that could be heard or written wrong should be added in the glossary in order to maintain good quality in real-time subtitles. Consider adding especially names and acronyms.

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The simplest way to use glossary is to add one word or phrase per line. This very often makes a huge difference compared to situation where there is no glossary used.

If the AI doesn't seem to catch some words or phrases, it might be because of different pronunciation than what the AI expects. You can mitigate that by fine-tuning the glossary entries by adding alternative pronunciations after pipe (|) symbol. The pipe symbol (|) to separate it from the primary written form. You can add multiple alternative pronunciations by separating them with a comma.

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Glossaries are language-specific. So when you change spoken language, you will be editing a different glossary.

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Troubleshooting

FAQ