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Multi-language automatic captions and audio dubbing made possible for live events with AWS Media Services and SyncWords

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This article describes a solution for adding multi-language captions and audio dubbing to live streaming events using AWS Media Services and SyncWords AI platform.

  • Traditional 608/708 embedded captions support only two languages and limited character sets
  • SyncWords integrates with AWS Elemental MediaLive and MediaPackage via simple API integration
  • Creates secondary manifest with captions while preserving original manifest as backup
  • Synchronizes captions and translations using HLS latency calculations for seamless viewing
  • Eliminates typical 3-4 second caption delay in live events
  • Enables multiple language captions without specialized hardware or pipeline changes
  • Supports Unicode character sets including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
  • Scales to unlimited channels cost-effectively without dedicated captioning hardware

The solution provides accessible, synchronized multi-language captioning for live OTT streaming without disrupting existing workflows.



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