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The Gold Medal Standards of Stenography

As the Olympics season approaches, we look at the amazing work of our stenographers, who – in past years – had the challenging job of live captioning the Olympic Games!

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Surtitling the Opera

Surtitling allows those who don’t speak the original language of the opera — to which most productions stay faithful — to follow the singing, and provides additional access for those in the audience who want to be able to follow along.

Coloured lines as if reception is bad on a television. Captions at the bottom of the screen read 'Thanks Ryan, Can you please send that through by close of business?'

Slow Internet? Use Captions

When your connection is wreaking havoc with your video and audio, captions are a welcome support, allowing users to follow along by reading text on the screen instead of relying only on audio.

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Your Brain on Captions

There are many reasons your brain loves captions. Here are just some of the fantastic things going on in your head when you watch them.

An illustration of a keyboard, telephone, a tablet with captions displaying, and a speech synthesizer on a desk.

5 Pieces of Tech That Changed the World

Technology helps us navigate our environments and communicate with one another. Here are five pieces of technology that forever changed our world.

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Ai-Media Acquires Market-Leading Video and Captioning Technology Company EEG

Ai-Media’s acquisition of EEG complements our existing products and gives us a complete live product suite for customers looking for a one-stop shop. This now includes software, hardware and services.

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Ai-Media Launches Ground-Breaking Smart ASR™ Live Captions

Ai-Media is excited to announce the launch of our next-generation Smart ASR live captioning solution – powered by our expert captioning team, artificial intelligence automation, and our sophisticated custom dictionaries.