TechSmith products provide features and functionalities that leverage AI technology either locally on-device or through a cloud-based provider.
On-Device AI Features and Technology Providers
TechSmith products leverage trained and focused AI models that run locally to take advantage of the hardware you have. Task specific to achieve complex outcomes that would take tremendous amounts of time by hand. We use pre-trained, secure, private, and local models when available and feasible for customer hardware.
Cloud AI Features Technology Providers
TechSmith's processing is segmented from that provider's other customers for any cloud-based functionality used. TechSmith does not access any of the transcription, speech or text-generated content and our service providers do not store or train based on that information.
Camtasia AI Features and Providers
Speech-to-Text Transcription
Camtasia uses on-device technology, whisper.cpp, for speech-to-text transcription. This transcription is done for dynamic captions on Windows and Mac, and closed captions on Windows.
Camera Background Removal
Camtasia provides the option to remove and replace the background of camera recordings with on-device AI technology. Background removal is done through a visual effect and as part of the Camtasia Rev workflow. The providers are MODNet on Windows and Apple Person Selection on MacOS.
Clip Speed
Camtasia provides an audio effect to speed up or slow down audio/video clips using on-device technology Zynaptiq.
Snagit AI Features and Providers
Grab Text
Snagit Editor feature allows you to extract the text from a screenshot to paste into another application (such as a text editor, email, word processor, etc). To accomplish this, Snagit uses on-device providers ABBYY on Windows and Apple OCR on Mac.
Camera Background Blur (Mac Only)
Snagit provides an option to blur your camera background at time of capture using on-device technology, Apple Person Selection, provided by MacOS.
Background Noise Removal (Mac Only)
Snagit uses an on-device technology, DeepFilterNet, for AI audio noise removal.
Smart Move
Smart Move automatically identifies objects in your screen captures and makes them editable. Snagit uses OpenCV on-device to enable this functionality.
Audiate AI Features and Providers
Speech-to-Text Transcription
Audiate leverages cloud-based AI-assisted technology for speech-to-text transcription. This transcription is done with both imported and recorded audio. Audiate currently uses cloud-based providers, Deepgram for English transcription and IBM Watson for all other supported languages. Data is protected via Authorization and Authentication, in-transit encryption. Neither audio nor transcription data are saved.
- Deepgram: General Info | Security Info
- IBM Watson: General Info | Security Info
Generate Audio with Text-to-Speech
As part of its Generate Audio functionality, Audiate uses Microsoft Azure Cognitive services to generate audio from text. This functionality is cloud-based.
- Microsoft Azure General Info | Security Info
Generate Script (Beta)
Audiate’s new Generate Script beta is powered by Microsoft Azure OpenAI. This cloud-based generative AI provides options to create, rewrite, and summarize scripts.
- Microsoft Azure OpenAI: General Info | Security Info
Translate Text (Beta)
Audiate’s ability to translate text between languages uses Microsoft Azure AI Translator.
- Microsoft Azure AI Translator: General Info | Security Info
Noise Reduction
Audiate uses an on-device technology, DeepFilterNet, for AI audio noise reduction.
TechSmith Assets AI Features and Providers
Image Generation (Beta)
TechSmith Assets' new Image Generation beta is powered by Microsoft Azure OpenAI DALL-E 3. This cloud-based generative AI feature provides the option to create an image based on text prompts.
- Microsoft Azure OpenAI: General Info | Security Info
Screencast AI Features and Providers
Automatic Captions
Screencast leverages Deepgram's speech-to-text capabilities to deliver accurate captions.
- Deepgram: General Info | Security Info
Automatic Titles
Screencast Pro and Knowmia Pro leverage Azure’s OpenAI Service to automatically generate a title, description, and chapters for videos.
- Microsoft Azure OpenAI: General Info | Security Info
