Brawlhalla Introduces Groundbreaking Live Captioning System For Streams – Forbes

Video game streaminggetty Gaming streams of Ubisoft’s iconic and multi-layered platform fighter Brawlhalla are to benefit from the introduction of a state-of-the-art live captioning system that will make them more accessible for both the hearing impaired and non-native English speakers. The video game developer best known for the Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry series has teamed up with Cambridge-based Speechmatics — whose award-winning speech-to-text API engine is amongst the most advanced on the planet. Brawlhalla, which is free-to-play, has a community of over 80 million players worldwide across mobile, console and PC platforms and is currently the most popular fighting game on Steam. Within the frenetically-paced platform brawler originally developed by Atlanta-based Blue Mammoth Games, characters use blasters, katars, rocket lances, canons, swords and spears to force opponents into blast zones and live streams are an important aspect of community interaction and game immersion. The enhanced captioning from Speechmatics will be available in esports tournaments as well as the games’ twice-weekly developer streams and can be enjoyed on multiple platforms including YouTube, Twitch and Discord. Evolving entertainment Accessibility in video games has been a hot topic over the past couple of years with titles such as Naughty Dog’s The Last
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