Closed Captioning and Subtitling Products - CaptionMaker and MacCaption Overview

Simplify video captioning & subtitling in any digital workflow

CaptionMaker and MacCaption allow you to easily author, edit, encode and repurpose video captions and subtitles for television, web and mobile delivery. Utilizing exclusive e-Captioning™ technology, CaptionMaker (for Windows) and MacCaption (for Mac) simplify the process of complying with government regulatory compliance, enabling greater access to broadcast content for television, online and mobile viewers.

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"Now with either MacCaption or CaptionMaker, I'm able to work so much faster, and with such accuracy, that I'm able to accomplish so much more with the available budget and resources."

– Karen Franco, Professional Offline Captioner, Digital Media and Copyrights Specialist, in Pacifica, CA

"MacCaption is critical to our broadcast efforts and making a positive impression on TV viewers. Along with Switch, it gives us complete control over our closed captioning process so we can ensure quality results."

– Stephen Hoover, Director of Broadcast and Assistant Pastor at NewSpring Church

"You guys rock and we would recommend your software and services to anyone!"

– Jonathan Williams, XPmedia.com

"I want to thank you and your staff for the fantastic service… Honestly, I’m blown away by you guys."

– Trevor Tyre, The Media Concierge

"I really appreciate Telestream for their clear, concise, and direct technical support, as well as their responsiveness to customers’ needs. It does not go unnoticed."

– Irene Ekleberry, Wisconsin Public Television

"We have received excellent technical support. Telestream has always been there for us, with knowledgeable support staff, providing answers in language we can understand."

– Jeff Johnson, ADR International

"Thanks for a great product – it frequently blows our minds."

– Joel Martin, Point 360

"It’s as if the software were designed by a captioner, not a programmer. Caption features are presented in a very intuitive manner."

– Burwell Ware, Caption Perfect Inc.

"The software is very user friendly. We were captioning the day we received our system."

– Kevin Reeve, Utah State University

"Telestream is deservedly the industry go-to for professional captioning and subtitling solutions."

– Kelly Maxwell, Line 21 Media Services LTD.

"I have to say that in my 10+ years of working in broadcast software and hardware that Telestream has the best tech support I’ve ever seen."

– Chuck Thomas, themovieguy.com

"Now with either MacCaption or CaptionMaker, I'm able to work so much faster, and with such accuracy, that I'm able to accomplish so much more with the available budget and resources."

– Karen Franco, Professional Offline Captioner, Digital Media and Copyrights Specialist, in Pacifica, CA

"MacCaption is critical to our broadcast efforts and making a positive impression on TV viewers. Along with Switch, it gives us complete control over our closed captioning process so we can ensure quality results."

– Stephen Hoover, Director of Broadcast and Assistant Pastor at NewSpring Church

"You guys rock and we would recommend your software and services to anyone!"

– Jonathan Williams, XPmedia.com

"I want to thank you and your staff for the fantastic service… Honestly, I’m blown away by you guys."

– Trevor Tyre, The Media Concierge

"I really appreciate Telestream for their clear, concise, and direct technical support, as well as their responsiveness to customers’ needs. It does not go unnoticed."

– Irene Ekleberry, Wisconsin Public Television

"We have received excellent technical support. Telestream has always been there for us, with knowledgeable support staff, providing answers in language we can understand."

– Jeff Johnson, ADR International

"Thanks for a great product – it frequently blows our minds."

– Joel Martin, Point 360

"It’s as if the software were designed by a captioner, not a programmer. Caption features are presented in a very intuitive manner."

– Burwell Ware, Caption Perfect Inc.

"The software is very user friendly. We were captioning the day we received our system."

– Kevin Reeve, Utah State University

"Telestream is deservedly the industry go-to for professional captioning and subtitling solutions."

– Kelly Maxwell, Line 21 Media Services LTD.

"I have to say that in my 10+ years of working in broadcast software and hardware that Telestream has the best tech support I’ve ever seen."

– Chuck Thomas, themovieguy.com

Create and Edit

The fastest and simplest way to author and edit closed captions and subtitles for any type of video. Take advantage of the same powerful yet easy to use closed captioning software trusted by top industry professionals.
Now Available!: Speech-to-Text with Timed Text Speech.

Encode into Media

Export closed captions and subtitles directly into broadcast and web media files, as well as a broad range of caption and subtitle file formats, with industry-leading format creation and conversion support. Troubleshoot and QC your accessible video files.

Automate Processing

Automate high volume caption and subtitle processing tasks such as insertion and extraction, format conversion, timing and frame rate adjustment, sub-clipping and clip assembly. Combine with Vantage for powerful automated closed captioning workflows.

Closed Captioning and Subtitling Solutions

Broadcast and VOD

Meet all FCC regulations for both TV and internet closed captioning with the industry’s leading support for CEA-708 caption file formats, QC and troubleshooting of caption files, plus automated adjustments and conversions.

Content Producers

Solve the challenges of modern content production, editing, delivery, and archival while maintaining the highest quality closed captions and subtitles.

Corporate / Government

Accommodate your employees’ accessibility needs without compromising security or confidentiality, and ensure compliance with all legal requirements such as Section 508 and the ADA.

Education

Enhance the accessibility and value of your recorded lessons without breaking your budget. Provide learning opportunities for high demand job skills to your students interested in broadcast and media production.

CaptionMaker and MacCaption streamline the process

Timed Text Speech Auto-Transcription tool

Dramatically save time by automatically creating a text transcript of your video using speech-to-text technology. This feature works with English, French, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish language video content. Timed Text Speech uses the speed of cloud based processing to give you text results instantly.

Text and timing populates directly to your captioning project
Review text results as they are received along with your video
Quickly edit text results with new custom keystrokes
Automatically loop video while reviewing text results
Index your videos for key word searches

Fast, efficient processing

CaptionMaker and MacCaption provide an efficient way for you to comply with federal regulations while maintaining fast delivery of time-sensitive captioned video material.

Use existing video editing systems, capture cards and video servers
Save time and prepare your captions and subtitles while you are editing
Convert closed captions to subtitles and webcast formats
Convert the video frame rate and timing of captions or subtitles
Batch encode closed captions to various video deliverable
Prepare compatible caption and subtitle files for Vantage video transcoding and automated delivery
Prepare captions and subtitles in various resolutions and frame rates including 4K, UHD, and 23.98 fps
Fix, troubleshoot, and legalize problematic caption file formats such as SCC.
Prepare compatible caption and subtitle files for Vantage video transcoding and automated delivery
Add Fix, troubleshoot, and legalize problematic caption file formats such as SCC.

e-Captioning™ engine

This revolutionary technology integrates with digital production systems to prepare and encode both standard and high definition video with FCC-compliant video captions and subtitles that meet international delivery standards.

Encode subtitles and captions to various file formats
Export subtitle and caption data to video editing systems
Embed captions and subtitles into OTT Web and mobile content
Extract caption and subtitle data from video files or live feeds
Email captions and subtitle files to your clients
Edit captions and subtitles in a non-linear interface with batch conversion and automated workflows
Enhance your closed captions and subtitles with true CEA-708 and OP-47/OP-42 Teletext features
Expand your potential viewing audience with captions and subtitles in an international market

Captioning and Subtitling for any Windows and Mac workflow

Captioning and subtitling for file based workflows, OTT web and mobile, NLEs, assembly and media management, live broadcast and webcast, DVD and Blu-Ray.

Automatic Time Stamping

Our Auto Time Stamp (ATS) feature dramatically reduces the time it takes to time stamp your closed captions.

Desktop Edition

Pro Edition

Enterprise Edition

Create closed captions from scratch.

You can author the captions by bringing in a video and a text file, and use Auto Time Stamp to automatically sync them up. You can import and export the captions to popular file formats like SCC (CEA-608), MCC (CEA-708), Timed Text, WebVTT, DVD closed captions, burn-in subtitles, and most standalone file formats for web and mobile device video closed captioning. Automatically transcribe and time stamp your videos using Timed Text Speech, or author captions by bringing in a video and a text file, and use Auto Time Stamp to automatically sync them up. Learn more.