CaptiVision Features and Benefits

Encoder compatibility:

CaptiVision™ is compatible with both the North American line-21 encoders and the European teletext encoders. Visit our Resources page for information on the line-21 encoders that have been tested with CaptiVision. You may contact the encoder manufacturers or your ProCAT sales team to purchase an encoder.

Simultaneous Media and Web Captioning:

CaptiVision enables you to send your captions to the Web and a broadcaster simultaneously. Click here to see how it works.

Voice to Caption:

Add the ProCAT VR feature to your system to use your voice as an input for closed captioning.


Extensive Caption Logging:

Enable the "caption" logging feature in CaptiVision for use with third-party webcasting products. 

Realtime:

Artificial intelligence technology assures conflict-free translation

Enhanced phonetic translation improves legibility

Foreign language support (i.e. Spanish, French, etc.)

Single-keystroke formatting commands

Full format control via stenotype keyboard

Internet broadcasting of captions (visit us at http://www.webcaption.com for additional information

History window that logs every caption

Instant editing enables a caption coordinator to clean up captions
 

Automatic number conversion enhances the presentation of numbers
 

Seamless transition from realtime to script mode

Dictionary juggle
 

Instant access to the user dictionary from the CaptiVision window

Background audio recording of event

Full encoder control during realtime. User may control encoder functions from the stenotype or the keyboard

Realtime transmission from script or writer

Quick transition from script mode to realtime translation

Story Manager:

The most robust story manager

Foreign languages support (i.e. Spanish, French, etc.)

Import stories from various formats

Export captions in several widely accepted formats (i.e. RTF, HTML, etc.)

Rearrange stories using a drag-and-drop technique

Skip or add stories on-the-fly

Color-coded icons to identify a queued story, story-in-progress, and queued caption

Single-keystroke story queuing mechanism

Create stories using CaptiVision editor

Maintain a complete log of captions transmitted

Re-transmit captions from history window

Foreign language support
 

Embed special characters (i.e. musical note) into the story window

Editing:

Instant editing during realtime

Simultaneous realtime captioning and editing

Open multiple caption (scripts) windows

Feed realtime captions from any open window to the encoder

Import or export captions in almost any format (i.e. RTF, HTML, ASCII text, etc.)

Multiple languages support

Embed special symbols in the captions

Create scripts using the built-in editor or MS WordPad

Export history window to an HTML or RTF file

Import a history (log) into the story manager

Remote Dialup:

Simple to use telephone directory 

Select and dial from the telephone directory or enter a number manually

Long telephone number support enables user to enter international numbers and accounting codes

Automatically redial a number in case of a telephone connection failure

Line status icon

User-directed disconnect and re-dial during a realtime session

Off-line Interactive:

Off-line interactive caption placement

Embed special symbols

Change caption styles on the fly

Add or edit styles on the fly

Insert credits

Dictionary Management:

Access any dictionary any time 

Make dictionary changes during realtime; dictionary changes have immediate effect on translation

Spell check dictionary entries

Make dictionary entries from history window

Use dictionary juggle to query a dictionary

User-defined super tokens to indicate speakers

Control encoder functions from dictionary

Control caption styles from dictionary

StenoWriter Compatibility:

CaptiVision is compatible with all the popular writers, but we highly recommend using the ProCAT Flash writer for the quickest caption translation and placement