uStudio Incorporates Deep Learning Technology to Automate Video Transcription
Leading Video Platform Enhances Video Metadata, Search, Subtitles and Video Localization
AUSTIN, Texas – Sept 15, 2016 – Video platform leader uStudio Inc. has introduced a new capability that leverages an emerging class of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to automate time-coded video transcription. The push-button feature generates Soundwave Transcript™ files in real-time, which immediately trigger the creation of subtitle files and editable, searchable video metadata fields used to manage the video asset, with zero human intervention.
This is the first of several capabilities to come from uStudio Labs as part of its continued investment in deep learning and AI for video.
Soundwave Transcript data provides businesses a more effective and efficient means of keeping pace with the continued proliferation of video across enterprise business processes. Asset managers can unlock hidden value in existing video libraries by finding precise moments within videos when particular keywords or phrases are spoken; video publishers benefit from always-available subtitle files for reaching global audiences; and IT organizations can utilize Soundwave Transcript data to improve organizational governance and communication controls.
“With the growth of enterprise-class video, businesses today are managing thousands of assets, and hundreds of thousands of related files and associated metadata. Combined with the ease and continuously falling cost of media creation, we’re seeing these numbers grow faster than ever, posing a real challenge for video managers, users and IT organizations alike,” said Jen Grogono, CEO of uStudio. “These teams need ‘just-in-time’ knowledge of what assets they have and what’s in those assets. They also need to ensure the right audiences can find and access them wherever they may be. Traditional video transcription technologies and manual services are simply too costly, slow and resource-intensive to respond adequately.”
The uStudio Platform employs deep learning and AI algorithms — designed to handle multiple languages, varied speaker dialects and pronunciation, the presence of multiple speakers, low-quality audio and ambient noise — to generate Soundwave Transcript files with accurate and reliable text. These files include the individual words spoken, along with their timestamps and confidence in the transcription accuracy. Spoken words are segmented to indicate phrases, pauses within speech and changes in speaker.
uStudio customers started using this feature in August as part of an internal roll-out and have already seen material productivity gains. Key applications and benefits include the following:
- Closed Captions and Subtitles: Using Soundwave Transcript files, the uStudio Platform automatically creates WebVTT files for video captioning which may be edited in place or shared externally for review or localization.
- Video Search: Soundwave Transcript files help video users and managers more easily search for and find specific video clips, whether a concert highlight, product demonstration or training tutorial. In addition, files automatically generate searchable metadata fields for smarter video publishing, translating into easier search across web pages and mobile applications, better SEO and personalized content delivery.
- Governance: Soundwave Transcript capabilities make it possible for businesses – as part of audits, recalls and essential liability protection — to easily and quickly identify the contents of every video in their corporate library.
- VOD and Live Streams: In addition to standard video-on-demand (VOD), the uStudio Platform can incorporate Soundwave Transcript technology into live streams.
To learn more about the uStudio Platform and Soundwave Transcript technology, visit:
https://ustudio.com/platform/.
About uStudio
uStudio Inc. is a recognized innovator of video software. Its patented, cloud-based video platform helps the world’s leading brands and organizations reinvent the way they use and distribute video across their business processes. From media production, sales and marketing to training and customer support, uStudio helps businesses Do More with Video™. More information is available at ustudio.com.
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