Captitles Theatre and opera subtitles. Accessible for everyone.

What is Captitles?

Captitles provides a specialized solution for creating and managing subtitles, commonly known as surtitles, for live theatre and opera performances. It leverages artificial intelligence to streamline this process, significantly reducing the manual effort typically involved and enhancing accessibility for audiences. The platform tackles the common challenges associated with traditional methods, such as the time investment required for manual line-by-line entry and formatting often done in presentation software.

The application allows users to import performance scripts directly. Its AI capabilities then automatically identify spoken dialogue, convert it into surtitle format, and intelligently segment longer lines for better readability. Captitles incorporates AI-driven translation features, enabling productions to reach multilingual audiences more easily. Furthermore, it facilitates cloud-based collaboration, allowing directors, translators, and other team members to work together on refining the surtitles. Users maintain full control over the final appearance, with options to customize text, font, style, color, and alignment to match the production's needs.

Features

AI Script Conversion: Automatically detects spoken lines in scripts, converts them to surtitles, and divides long lines.
AI Translation: Translates surtitles into multiple languages using artificial intelligence.
Cloud Collaboration: Enables team members to share and edit surtitles collaboratively online.
Automatic Detection: Switches surtitles in real-time during performances based on AI audio detection.
Captions to Audio (Beta): Streams captions as an audio feed to audience smartphones.
Style Customization: Allows editing of surtitle text, style, color, font, and alignment.

Use Cases

Generating surtitles for theatre productions.
Creating subtitles for opera performances.
Translating scripts for multilingual audiences.
Enhancing accessibility for audiences with hearing impairments.
Streamlining collaboration between directors, translators, and production staff on subtitles.
Automating subtitle cues during live shows.
Providing audio-based captions via smartphones as an alternative to screen projection.

FAQs

Can AI processing produce high-quality surtitles from my script?

Yes, the application utilizes AI for script processing. Users are encouraged to download the free version and import a script to evaluate the quality themselves.
What if our theatre lacks projection equipment for surtitling?

The 'Captions to Audio' feature (currently in Beta) provides a solution by streaming surtitles as audio to audience members' smartphones via earphones, requiring only internet access.
How does Captitles help reduce the cost of surtitling?

It lowers costs by automating the creation and translation of surtitles using AI. Features like Automatic Surtitles Detection and Captions to Audio are also being developed to further minimize expenses.
What happens when a paid daily rental plan expires?

The account automatically switches to the free plan. Captions, except for the most recent show, will be archived but can be restored by purchasing the daily rental again.
How is billing structured for paid plans?

Billing is per institution, not per individual user account. A paid plan allows inviting collaborators (up to 4 for the daily rental).