Subtitling and Captioning is an integral part of modern broadcasting and content delivery. Driven by statutory requirements for content to be subtitled or captioned when broadcast or streamed, the need to reach increasingly multi-lingual audiences with content they can understand and viewer expectation, where subtitles and captions are an essential aid for access.

Today, subtitling and captioning software has evolved to meet the changing needs of broadcasters across the world.

Broadcasters, network operators and other content providers are increasingly faced with multi-channel digital operations requiring multi-format support. High reliability, flexibility, seamless integration and ‘at a glance’ management are key for improved efficiency and reduced operational costs.

Compressed production cycles, easier global distribution and high definition are driving a shift to file-based or tapeless workflows, making previous subtitling and captioning workflows increasingly obsolete and driving the need for efficient subtitling and captioning sofware that reduce workflow complexity.

Subtitling software and captioning software are at the core of Softel's expertise, with a long history of innovation. Our subtitle preparation software, known as Swift Create, is the most widely deployed solution across the globe.

For a seamless completion of the project, Swift vTX and Swift TX subtitling and captioning software meets the demands of high availability, automated, multi-format subtitle processing and transmission.

For the palyout of complex multi-language broadcast subtitles, Softel has developed MultiText. MultiText combines with Swift vTX to greatly simplify this process and contributes to a reduction in operational costs as well as an increase in productivity. For more information on complex multi-language subtitling and captioning, download our application note here.

For the preparation of 3D subtitles and captions, the Softel subtitling and captioning preparation and re-purposing software, Swift Create, has been enhanced to support 3D BDN file specifications as well as external 3D graphics insertion systems for both preview and transmission. Click here for more information on 3D subtitling and captioning with Softel Swift. 

To configure and monitor an entire subtitle transcoding and transmission operation, Softel has developed Dashboard. Dashboard provides a central unifying point from which to administer multi-channel, multi-language subtitling and captioning installations. For more information on Dashboard, click here.

Softel Swift Archive solution offers fast and efficient retrieval of subtitle files with an advanced searchable archive store. A fault tolerant architecture, using mirrored servers, protects against loss of data and safe guards investment in subtitle content creation and re-purposing.