Speechmatics is partnering with cloud-based video production workflow provider, Limecraft, to automatically produce same-language and translated subtitles.

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Speechmatics announces Advanced Punctuation, the first heavyweight, scaled-up punctuation model on the market for use in transcription.

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Speechmatics launches Advanced Punctuation to transform the usability of transcripts

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Speechmatics has a new cloud offering for cloud-based speech transcription which is hosted in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

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There are many challenges involved in producing captions (or subtitles for the hard of hearing), regardless of the production method.

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Speechmatics launches new Swedish medical model, cutting transcription errors by 40%

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