What is Stage Captions used for?

Stage Captions is a browser-based real-time captioning software for live events that turns speech into captions shown on venue screens, livestreams and attendee devices. It is a good fit for captioning a conference keynote on stage screens, adding live captions to a livestream overlay and giving attendees captions on their own phones.

How much does Stage Captions cost?

Stage Captions is a paid product with no free plan. 15 minutes free with no credit card; event plans depend on audience size and room count, so you request a quote or demo.

Is Stage Captions open source?

No. Stage Captions is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Video Conferencing category, open-source options include Jitsi Meet, Screego and BigBlueButton.

What are some alternatives to Stage Captions?

Stage Captions competes with Otter.ai and Speechmatics.

Stage Captions: features, pricing and alternatives

About Stage Captions

Stage Captions generates live captions from a browser with no installation. A presenter or technician creates a caption room, picks the audio input and language and chooses a design preset, and the platform transcribes the speaker with automatic speech recognition rather than human stenographers. A presenter dashboard lets the team watch the incoming audio, the caption text and the delay shown to viewers, and the vendor states that latency stays under a second in typical setups.

Attendees follow along by scanning a QR code or opening a link on a phone, tablet or laptop, with no app and no account. For venues and broadcasts, the same browser output can be opened in OBS Studio, Resolume or another tool that accepts web content, or shown on a stage screen or confidence monitor. Custom dictionaries add names, abbreviations and technical terms. The page lists conferences, live events, broadcasts, education, presentations and sports events, with 15 free minutes to try.

Key features

Live captions generated from the browser
QR code and link for viewers without an app
Browser output for OBS Studio and Resolume
Custom dictionaries for names and terms
Presenter dashboard with audio and delay monitoring
Design presets for caption display

Good fit for

Captioning a conference keynote on stage screens
Adding live captions to a livestream overlay
Giving attendees captions on their own phones

Tags: live-captions; closed-captioning; speech-to-text; events; accessibility; livestream; obs; web-app

Stage Captions: questions and answers

What is Stage Captions used for?: Stage Captions is a browser-based real-time captioning software for live events that turns speech into captions shown on venue screens, livestreams and attendee devices. It is a good fit for captioning a conference keynote on stage screens, adding live captions to a livestream overlay and giving attendees captions on their own phones.
How much does Stage Captions cost?: Stage Captions is a paid product with no free plan. 15 minutes free with no credit card; event plans depend on audience size and room count, so you request a quote or demo.
Is Stage Captions open source?: No. Stage Captions is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Video Conferencing category, open-source options include Jitsi Meet, Screego and BigBlueButton.
What are some alternatives to Stage Captions?: Stage Captions competes with Otter.ai and Speechmatics.