Powerful AI-driven live captioning

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IMG_Play now offers a powerful AI-driven live captioning.

 

AI live captioning is rapidly transforming how broadcasters and event producers deliver accessible, real-time subtitles to global audiences. As a result, organisations can meet growing accessibility demands more efficiently while also improving viewer engagement. In this context, IMG_Play now offers a powerful AI-driven solution that combines advanced speech recognition with intelligent filtering. Consequently, it removes filler words and repetitions, thereby producing clean, broadcast-ready captions in over 50 languages.

The key might be real-time speech recognition

The system combines real-time speech recognition with intelligent filters that remove filler words and repetitions, delivering clean, broadcast-ready subtitles. The setup is a hybrid model: our software feeds PixelPower/Broadstream via Newfor. Subtitles can run fully automated or with human oversight through existing respeak workflows.A custom dictionary can be updated in real time. For example, adding names, places, or technical terms to ensure accuracy and relevance throughout a production. The solution can run fully automated or integrate seamlessly with existing respeaking workflows, giving broadcasters full flexibility.>Live captioning is currently available in 50+ languages, including English, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Arabic, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, and many more.

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IMG_Play Works with IBM Aspera to Enable Reliable, High-Speed Data Transfers

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High-Speed Data Transfer with IBM Aspera

Secure, scalable file transfer for modern data workflows

Efficient, secure, and scalable file transfers have become mission-critical as organisations handle larger datasets, global collaboration, and AI-driven processes. At IMG_Play, we help organisations modernise their data workflows by implementing IBM Aspera—one of the most trusted platforms for high-speed data movement.

Why high-speed data transfer matters

Today’s organisations generate and move massive amounts of data across teams, partners, and borders. Traditional tools like FTP and HTTP often struggle with:

  • Slow transfer speeds over long distances
  • Bandwidth inefficiencies
  • Unpredictable delivery times
  • Limited scalability

These challenges can create bottlenecks, delay operations, and increase security risks.

Purpose-built for modern data challenges

IBM Aspera is designed specifically for high-performance data transfer in demanding environments. It supports industries ranging from media and broadcasting to healthcare, research, and enterprise IT.

With Aspera, organisations can securely move large files and datasets regardless of network conditions—without compromising speed or control.

Powered by FASP® technology

At the core of Aspera is its patented FASP® protocol, which enables fast and reliable data transfer over any distance. Unlike traditional protocols, FASP fully utilises available bandwidth while maintaining consistent performance—even in high-latency or unstable networks.

This means you can transfer large datasets quickly and predictably, whether across cities or continents.

Proven performance at scale

IBM Aspera can transfer files up to 100x faster than FTP or HTTP, making it a powerful solution for organisations dealing with time-sensitive or data-intensive workflows.

As a partner of IBM, IMG_Play provides:

  • Certified implementation
  • Tailored integration into existing systems
  • Ongoing support for enterprise-scale environments

Is your organisation facing transfer challenges?

If you’re experiencing slow transfers, file size limitations, or lack of visibility and control, it may be time to rethink your approach.

High-speed, secure data transfer is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity for staying competitive in a data-driven world.

Get started with high-speed file transfer

Want to explore how IBM Aspera can improve your workflows? Get in touch with IMG_Play to learn more about implementation, use cases, and tailored solutions for your organisation.

 

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New Online Course Launched – Get Started with TorTalk

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We’re happy to announce the launch of our new MOOC: Get Started with TorTalk – Optimise Digital Accessibility with Text-to-Speech.

This course is created for institutions that already use TorTalk, and helps staff and educators understand how the tool works, how it supports students with reading difficulties, and how to integrate it effectively in everyday learning environments.

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What’s the Tor Talk course about?

Understanding dyslexia and its impact on reading

Practical use of TorTalk features (OCR, speed adjustment, reading from PDFs, web, and imagea

How to spread and support the use of TorTalk at your institution

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Why digital accessibility matters.

Making learning accessible is essential, but not all digital material is perfectly formatted. TorTalk stands out because it works even when materials are not designed correctly. With OCR and flexible reading options, it helps users access text in real-world conditions – not just ideal ones.

The course is available now and can be ordered by your institution.

Want to know more? Get in touch or visit: tortalk.se

If you’d like to offer a TorTalk course at your university or within your organization, feel free to get in touch we’ll be happy to tell you more and help tailor the course to your needs.

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Txtplay Integration

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Elevate Your IBM Video Experience with Automatic High-Accuracy Subtitles

In today’s digital-first world, IBM video subtitles are no longer just a feature—they’re essential. As businesses and content creators increasingly rely on IBM’s powerful video streaming platform, ensuring accessibility and viewer engagement through accurate subtitles becomes a top priority. That’s where Txtplay.ai steps in: offering a seamless solution to automatically generate high-accuracy subtitles that enhance accessibility, searchability, and compliance.

Automatic High-Accuracy in subtitling.

Txtplay.ai is IMG Play’s proprietary software and handles AI tools such as ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition), also known as speech-to-text. With AutomaticSpeech Recognition (ASR), Artificial Intelligence recognizes the words spoken in your video and delivers machine-based texts for indexing, subtitling, and searching. Txtplay will always use the ASR version with the highest accuracy and quality.

Increased Subtitling Languages within the IBM Ecosystem:

Txtplay is designed to integrate with your IBM video streaming account, providing a comprehensive solution for both existing and new content. Gone are the days of cumbersome subtitle management; now, elevate your content effortlessly within the familiar IBM ecosystem. Expand your content’s accessibility by incorporating captions and subtitles.

 

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Enhance Transcription Accuracy with Custom IBM logoDictionary:

An even further feature of the Txtplay integration is the Custom Dictionary. Users customize transcription jobs with the Custom Dictionary, a valuable tool for unrecognized words. This is especially helpful for terms not within the language’s default vocabulary, like company or personal names. Including custom words significantly boosts the chances of accurate transcription. By adding context-specific words, you not only enhance transcription accuracy but also bid farewell to persistent errors in your transcripts once and for all.

Enhanced Searchability for Deeper Impact and Compliance with Accessibility Standards:

Every word matter, and the Txtplay integration meticulously timestamps and makes each word searchable. As a result, it Improves the searchability of your content, enabling users to navigate through your videos effortlessly and find the information they need with unprecedented ease. In a digital era where inclusivity is non-negotiable, Txtplay ensure your content complies with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards. Our Automatic subtitles empower you to meet accessibility requirements, specially pointing at key principles and guidelines within WCAG that are relevant to subtitling and captioning*

Efficiency is key! IBM uses it! 

Txtplay provide automatic high-accuracy subtitles for IBM customers advance the field of video content management. Elevate your content, expand your audience, and meet accessibility standards effortlessly with a solution that embodies the perfect synergy of innovation and integration.

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Transforming Psychological Healthcare: The QB-ACT Initiative!

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Exciting news! IMG Play, in partnership with KTH, SU, and Region Stockholm will work on integrating Internet-based psychological interventions with advanced e-learning. Thanks to Digital Futures our pioneering Societal Innovation Project aims to go beyond the current research frontier by integrating two well-established but distinct fields: Internet-based psychological interventions and advanced e-learning.

  • Building Bridges: Creating an Interactive Online Intervention 
  • Testing the Waters: Assessing QB-ACT’s Impact on Mental Health 
  • Understanding Engagement: Unlocking Key Insights 
  • Alleviating Pressure: Exploring QB-ACT’s Role in Healthcare 
  • Sharing Success: Disseminating QB-ACT’s Findings to Drive Change

Crafting Connections! Integrating QBL and ACT for Personalized Therapy

At the core of our endeavor lies the fusion of question-based learning (QBL) techniques with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). This integration aims to create a dynamic and tailored online therapeutic experience, empowering individuals to navigate their mental health journey with confidence. 

Digital Futures: Pioneering Societal Change through Digital Innovation.  

At the forefront of our collaborative efforts lies Digital Futures, a cross-disciplinary research center. Established in 2020 through a strategic collaboration between KTH, Stockholm University, and RISE. Digital Futures embodies a vision of harnessing the power of technology for positive social impact. 

 

Advancing Psychological Healthcare Through Innovation and Collaboration

The QB-ACT project stands as a beacon of hope in transforming psychological healthcare delivery. With the unwavering support of Digital Futures and our esteemed collaborators, we embark on a journey to improve mental health outcomes for individuals in Region Stockholm and beyond. Stay tuned as we undertake on this transformative endeavor! 

The research project unites a varied team comprising specialists in clinical psychology, Internet-based psychological interventions, and members from IMG Play’s edu-tech department. IMG Play will specialize in large-scale e-learning technology and instructional design.

 

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IMG_Play has been honored with Børsen Gazelle award!

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IMG_Play has been honored with the prestigious 2023 Børsen Gazelle award!

IMG_Play is proud to receive the IMG Play Børsen Gazelle Award 2023, a recognition of exceptional growth, innovation, and strong financial performance. This achievement highlights our commitment to delivering high-quality digital solutions while continuously expanding our impact in the Danish and international market.

The IMG Play Børsen Gazelle Award 2023 marks an important milestone in our continued commitment to innovation and excellence.

In recent years, we have focused on scalable solutions in streaming, e-learning, and content delivery, this help organizations communicate and educate more effectively in a fast-changing digital landscape. This recognition reinforces our mission to push boundaries and deliver high-quality, future-ready solutions. The Børsen Gazelle Award, organized by Børsen, is given to companies that show significant growth over four years while maintaining strong financial health.

Recognized for Growth and Excellence

Receiving this award places IMG Play among a select group of high-performing companies in Denmark- It acknowledges not only our financial growth but also our role in driving digital transformation across industries.

As IMG_Play looks ahead, we remain focused on expanding our impact, strengthening our technology, and continuing to create value for our clients.

We extend our sincere thanks to everyone who has been part of this journey.

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Improvements in Txtplay- IMG Play’s proprietary software

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Txtplay Automatic Speech Recognition AI Enhancements

Txtplay handles AI tools such as ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition), also known as speech-to-text. Txtplay will always use the ASR version with the highest accuracy and quality. Txtplay can also integrate with our partner’s video platforms, allowing our customers to utilize the best speech-to-text AI directly within their video platform for a streamlined workflow. 

Benefits of Txtplay Automatic Speech Recognition AI for Video

With automatic speech recognition (ASR), Artificial Intelligence (AI) recognizes the words spoken in your video and delivers machine-based texts for indexing, subtitling, and searching. The result is good and usable, but not always perfect.

Since Friday the 20th of October, you’ll notice remarkable enhancements with Txtplay for the following languages:  

Cantonese (yue), Catalan (ca), Czech (cs), Finnish (fi), Greek (el), Hindi (hi), Hungarian (hu), Malay (ms), Polish (pl), Russian (ru), Thai (th), Vietnamese (vi), Arabic (ar), Danish (da), Dutch (nl), Italian (it), Japanese (ja), Korean (ko), Mandarin (cmn), Norwegian (no), Portuguese (pt), Swedish (sv)

What exactly will you notice on the new recognition?

Enhanced Accuracy: Get ready for even more accurate transcriptions! 
 Speaker Diarization: Improved speaker distinction in multi-speaker content. 
 Faster Transcriptions: Lightning-fast results for a more efficient workflow.

 

 

 


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IMG_Play delivers Danish Defense Command TV

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IMG Play has won the bid to deliver a comprehensive video platform for Defense Command Denmark. This Defense Command Denmark video platform will provide a modern and accessible solution for managing and showcasing both historic and current video content from all branches of the Danish armed forces.

IMG_Play is happy to announce the delivery of a full online video platform solution, www.forsvaret.tv, that allows viewers to enjoy hours of both historic and recent video content.

The solution contains features like;

  • Customized Video Portal
  • Support for all screens and devices
  • “Timeline” navigation of content
  • Migration from legacy platform
  • Ingest and metadata

Enhancing Access to Danish Military Video Archives is a important recognition.

 

“We are very honored to have been selected by the Defense Command to deliver their new and updated video solution,” says Mads Kaysen from IMG Play. “Visual communication continues to grow in importance, and ease of use combined with effective content discovery is essential for expanding audience reach.”

 

IMG_Play are specialists in Online Video solutions, providing both Development and Professional Services as well as Video Platforms.

The solution is built on the Kaltura framework, along with customized front-end in corporation with Kathart.

The solution includes a fully customized video portal that supports all devices and screen sizes, ensuring a seamless viewing experience whether on desktop, tablet, or mobile. A key feature is the intuitive timeline navigation, which allows users to browse content chronologically and discover relevant material more efficiently. In addition, the project includes migration from a legacy platform, ensuring that valuable archived content is preserved and enhanced with improved metadata and ingest capabilities.

 

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IMG_Play wins tender for Danish Parliament TV

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The Danish Parliament – Folketinget – announced yesterday the award of contract for their next generation Online TV solution.

IMG will deploy a solution that automatically captures streams from both plenary and committee sessions, and make them available both live and on-demand for the public.

The solutions will contain advanced features, like;

  • Multiple simultaneous live streams
  • Time-shifting (rewind/restart sessions)
  • Zero turn-around from Live to On-demand
  • Automated metadata capture and categorizing
  • Support for all screens and devices
  • Social sharing features

Everything will be integrated with existing digital platforms, and state-of-the-art video players will provide a platform independent and responsive user experience.

With hours and hours of daily content produced and massive amounts of metadata, IMG is proud to have been selected to deploy the next-generation solution of Online TV.

“As citizens and societies become increasingly digital, our political processes should remain open and available for everyone. Leveraging digital channels and ensuring that Folketinget is available on all platforms and devices is central to achieve this goal.”

“With the advances of AI and big data, it will be key to capture, organize and sustain a library of digital video with associated metadata. Certainly, as traditional TV viewing declines and new digital services become the norm, the ability to match legislation processes to video content could provide for exciting opportunities to match citizens interests to TV content from the Parliament in new ways and using new channels in the future”

Mads Kaysen, Partner, IMG

The solution will deploy in 2018, and replace the current legacy Flash Video based solution.

IMG_Play are specialists in Online Video and OTT solutions, providing both Advisory services as well as Development and Professional Services.

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Industry Trends and Key takeaways from IBC 2017

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Key Trends from IBC 2017

This post reflects on some of the key trends and takeaways from the 2017 IBC conference.

IBC celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, and as the 2017 edition comes to an end, it is a good time for personal reflections on the key industry trends.

Underlying almost every conversation is the continued shift toward IP-based distribution and digitization in general.

The Shift to OTT and Automation

As traditional broadcasting evolves and OTT becomes increasingly important, a key topic this year was automation.

On the professional and production side, automation of workflows enables faster and more efficient production processes. It is interesting to see how platform providers, originally focused on ingest, transcoding, and distribution of IP-based (streaming) content, now offer more tools that integrate into production workflows. Ooyala and Vimond presented notable product releases.

Automated Metadata and AI

Along the same lines, another key topic for 2017 was automated metadata. While the term “AI” is often misused, the focus on data and data management is clearly becoming a critical factor.

Tools that automate metadata generation using technologies such as facial recognition, speech-to-text, OCR, and more advanced machine learning were widely discussed. OTT platforms like Kaltura now offer automated speech-to-text as a default feature.

Data and Personalization in OTT

The value of data is now clear to everyone. The ability to create personalized recommendations and even tailored interfaces will distinguish early-generation OTT services from newer offerings. Accedo showcased interesting frameworks for managing personalized experiences across multiple devices.

The Rise of Hybrid VOD Models

As Netflix drove the OTT revolution with an SVOD model, the role of data in video advertising has been somewhat dormant in this initial phase. However, there were many examples of the SVOD model being supplemented by HVOD (Hybrid-VOD) business models, which include elements of targeted TV advertising and may represent the next wave.

Examples of HVOD can be found with providers such as Hulu, as well as traditional broadcasters like TV 2 Denmark. TV 2 has recently launched an HVOD model where consumers can access its SVOD service, TV2 Play, at a reduced price if they accept advertising alongside the subscription. The role of social media, and in particular the impact of data-driven giants like Facebook and Google, continues to be central to industry discussions. Will broadcasting ultimately face the same challenges as publishing, with advertising spend shifting toward social platforms—especially as services like Facebook Watch continue to grow?

Looking Ahead to IBC 2018

There are certainly many reasons to return to Amsterdam for IBC 2018 and continue exploring the questions raised by the fundamental shift in the TV and broadcast industry.