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On the recordRead 11 Oct 202618 facts
Telestream CaptionMaker
Telestream CaptionMaker · Nevada City, California, United States · founded 1998
Plans and prices
Desktop Edition
$2,043one-time
Windows only · Silver Support included
Read 11 Oct 2026 · telestream.net
Pro Edition
$7,403one-time
Windows only · Adds broadcast format embedding and extraction, professional interchange formats, subtitle overlays, DVD/Blu-ray formats, and live captioning
Read 11 Oct 2026 · telestream.net
Enterprise Edition
$16,520one-time
Windows only · Adds batch conversion and command-line scripting/control
Read 11 Oct 2026 · telestream.net
On the record
- ATS limitation
- Auto Time Stamp requires an accurate English transcript and high-quality audio, and the page says it works less well with music, sound effects, background noise, or low-fidelity audio.telestream.net · read 11 Oct 2026
- Automation
- CaptionMaker supports batch caption processing, frame-rate and timing adjustments, and command-line scripting in Enterprise Edition.telestream.net · read 11 Oct 2026
- Burn-in captions
- Yesprimary.telestream.net · read 22 Sep 2026
- Caption formats
- It supports formats including CEA-608, CEA-708, WebVTT, IMSC 1.0, SMPTE TT 2052, EBU-TT, and iTunes iTT.telestream.net · read 11 Oct 2026
- Caption styling
- Yesprimary.telestream.net · read 22 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The product page describes workflows with Vantage, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer and Symphony, NLE systems, capture cards, and playout servers.telestream.net · read 11 Oct 2026
- Live workflows
- CaptionMaker can be used with a hardware encoder for live broadcasts, to stream live text to a website, and to caption live YouTube streams.telestream.net · read 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- CaptionMaker authors, edits, encodes, and repurposes video captions and subtitles for television, web, and mobile delivery.telestream.net · read 11 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- Telestream describes CaptionMaker as supporting accessibility workflows for FCC requirements, Section 508, and the ADA.telestream.net · read 11 Oct 2026
- Speech-to-text
- Timed Text Speech can automatically transcribe and time captions in over 100 languages, with text and timing returned to CaptionMaker.telestream.net · read 11 Oct 2026
- Subtitle export
- other formatsprimary.telestream.net · read 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- Each listed store purchase includes Silver Support, and the trial download includes a Getting Started video with links to tutorials and FAQs.telestream.net · read 11 Oct 2026
- System requirements
- The listed requirements include Windows 10, 2 GB RAM, 5 GB free disk space, and internet access for Timed Text Speech and some online features.telestream.net · read 11 Oct 2026
- Trial limits
- The free Windows trial replaces characters in exported captions with “DEMO,” cannot save project files, and disables the command-line interface.telestream.net · read 11 Oct 2026
- Windows 11 status
- Telestream says CaptionMaker 8.6 has not been QA qualified for Windows 11, though it has received no reports of issues running there.telestream.net · read 11 Oct 2026
