SyncWords, a privately owned company headquartered in the US, was founded in 2013 and employs approximately 30 individuals, reporting $2.4M in revenue as of 2024. The company specializes in media managed services, offering a cloud-based software solution that includes auto-transcription, closed caption authoring and editing, live translation, automatic positioning of on-screen text, and automatic alignment of text to speech.
On September 24, 2026, SyncWords engaged in conversations at IBC 2026, addressing the future direction of live captioning, translation, and dubbing within the industry. Previously, on September 8, 2026, SyncWords partnered with Signapse to introduce automated live American Sign Language (ASL) to broadcast and streaming platforms, integrating SyncWords’ live text with a Signapse AI Digital Signer for cloud-based ASL translation without requiring additional equipment. Earlier, on September 4, 2026, SyncWords and Capella Systems announced an integrated live-streaming workflow, bringing AI-generated captions and multilingual subtitles to existing broadcast and OTT infrastructure by converting DVB-TTML subtitles for OTT delivery.
SyncWords's customers primarily consist of translation and Localization and broadcast television and radio companies. Examples of SyncWords's customers include Lionbridge, CBS News and Viacom. SyncWords has partners like Kaltura.