Subtitle and caption software control center

Subtitles and captions can be ingested or bound at different times in the lifecycle of the content:
Early binding: The pre-prepared subtitling or captioning file is matched to the content well ahead of transmission.
Late binding: Occurs closer to air time and is only possible thanks to faster-than-real time encoding techniques.
Live binding: For either truly live content like sports and news, or for time-of-air binding of subtitle and caption data/files.

ScheduleSmart™ is a sophisticated workflow technology, which uses proprietary heuristics and algorithms to determine the optimum point in the workflow at which to bind captions, subtitles and other ancillary data to content.

ScheduleSmart automates selection of the correct encoding method using either Softel Swift vTX to add captions and subtitles directly to file based media assets, or Softel Swift TX, to handle live binding. If there is sufficient time, ScheduleSmart will initiate the ingest of the caption and/or subtitle file via Swift vTX. If there is not enough time, for example, if the event is live, or if the captioning/subtitling will take place in real-time, then the Swift TX time-of-air system is directed to playout accordingly. All of this takes place with little or no user direction in a totally automated manner.