Mexican network Televisa Deportes (TDN) and Supercanal, from Argentina, are the first broadcasters in Latin America to use SysMedia's WinCAPS subtitling technology as well as its advanced voice input tools.
TDN, part of Televisa, is a new paid sports channel that is initially available in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. This network successfully installed and is using WinCAPS software – including voice input technology – to create the subtitles of international sports content.
According to Nuutti Rautiainen, Icareus' Director of Business Development for Latin America, "an important factor in TDN's selection of WinCAPS was its ability to process Spanish, both in speech recognition and text. These advanced speech processing tools allow TDN to make considerable cost savings and the process is performed ten times faster than with the previous post-production software that the channel was using."
TDN transfers the full subtitles from WinCAPS to Final Cut Pro, which then combines the subtitles and the final video, offering a fast and inexpensive workflow.
For its part, Supercanal – the second largest cable operator in Argentina – installed WinCAPS to generate subtitles in news and for live programming, using the voice input option in Spanish.
This sale, which also includes the first delivery of SysMedia's SDO7-CC Line 21 close caption insertion unit, was also finalized by Icareus.
WinCAPS can be used to generate subtitles on any recorded material or a live program. The software combines the skills of the subtitler or translater with state-of-the-art audiovisual analysis and speech processing to provide accuracy, speed and productivity.
