To be introduced at NAB Show 2024, all-in-one Linux or Windows-based solution improves speed and accuracy for captions and translations on-prem or in the cloud
Novi, MI, April 11, 2024 – ENCO heads into NAB Show 2024 next with enCaption Sierra, the next generation of ENCO’s groundbreaking enCaption solution for fast, accurate automated conversion and delivery of captions in broadcast and AV environments. ENCO will demonstrate enCaption Sierra at NAB (Booth W1743) this Sunday through Wednesday in the Las Vegas Convention Center.
enCaption Sierra continues the story of innovation and success in applying AI and machine learning to live captioning, with new benchmarks attained in speed and accuracy same as each prior generation. For the first time, enCaption Sierra brings ENCO’s market-leading automated captioning technology together with an SDI captioning encoder to create an all-in-one solution for on-prem environments and containerized deployment options for cloud.
enCaption Sierra can be delivered on Windows or Linux operating systems and is managed and monitored from a web browser. enCaption Sierra’s modern GUI features a simple calendar scheduler and various configuration settings, including custom dictionaries, word models, filtering, and bilingual language options.
ENCO continues to push the boundaries of live automated captioning in diverse applications and environments. enCaption Sierra’s ability to produce and deliver faster and more accurate captions correlates directly with new parallel processing capabilities powered through a GPU. The GPU architecture delivers unprecedented computational power to ENCO’s AI-based speech-to-text engine.
The same improvements are present in Sierra’s integrated enTranslate module, which uses machine translation and grammatical structure analysis to deliver captions for up to 37 languages simultaneously. ENCO also adds new languages to enTranslate’s engine on a consistent basis, with three new languages added in time for Sierra’s public debut at NAB Show 2024, including a bilingual language model for Spanish-English content.
ENCO has also sharpened the listenability and responsiveness of the system with the Sierra release, improving performance in challenging audio environments. enCaption Sierra also leverages GPU processing for improved speaker change detection and the ability to recognize music, laughter, applause, and crowd noise. Sierra is an excellent listener and reliably computes fast speech, strong accents and problematic audio quality to consistently deliver clean captions.
“ENCO continues to lead the charge for captioning innovation as it pertains to helping broadcasters and MVPDs produce clean closed captions for their broadcast content with greater efficiency,” said Ken Frommert, President, ENCO. “The same philosophy applies to open captioning needs in AV environments to help audiences improve comprehension. Sierra also addresses the need for flexible deployment options, offering complete on-prem and cloud options that align with each broadcaster’s operational model with significant performance and cost-reducing benefits. We are excited to unleash the powerful new capabilities of Sierra to those familiar and new to the enCaption universe.”
About ENCO
Since 1983, ENCO has led the way in computer-based digital audio and program automation for radio and television. The award-winning product range spans automated broadcast and production workflows, featuring closed and open captioning, visual radio, audio compliance, instant media playout, remote contribution, cloud-based web streaming, and live audio/video playout. ENCO’s turn-key captioning solution using DoCaption caption encoders offers on-premises, cloud, or hybrid captioning. The RUSHWORKS family of products presents production, streaming, and robotic pan/tilt head users with additional support under the ENCO brand. Expertise spans professional AV settings, such as conference rooms, lecture halls, sports arenas, event venues, municipalities, and houses of worship. For more information, please visit www.enco.com.
