Introduction to live stream captions
Learn about CaptionHub Live and platform support
CaptionHub Live uses AI to transcribe, translate, and publish captions directly into video players, fully synchronised with stream audio.
Supporting 50+ source languages and simultaneous translation into 250 languages, it features termbases, custom dictionaries, formality settings, and full control over visibility.
CaptionHub Live uses the HLS output of a video stream. Using HLSβs built-in buffer, it produces captions just in time for the end user. Captions can be used using a player plugin, our HLS integration, or via a transcript widget. You can also use our API to receive captions.

Platform support
We support streams from major providers like Brightcove, AWS MediaPackage and Mux.
CMS | |||
Brightcove | |||
Mux | |||
AWS MediaPackage | N/A | N/A | |
Cloudflare Stream | βοΈ | βοΈ | |
THEOplayer | βοΈ | βοΈ |
Player support
To display captions to your viewers, we support plugins for Brightcove player, Video.js and THEOplayer. You can also integrate captions into the HLS stream or receive the captions via our API.
Brightcove Player | N/A | |
Video.js | ||
THEOplayer | ||
HLS.js | ||
Plyr (with HLS.js) | ||
Mux player | N/A | |
Safari native HLS | βοΈ | |
Cloudflare player | βοΈ | N/A |
Bitmovin player | βοΈ | |
Wowza Flowplayer | ||
iOS AVPlayer | N/A | |
VLC player | N/A |