NOVI, Mich.—ENCO has unveiled Raptor, a cloud-based live streaming captioning encoder that injects the speed, power and reliability of real-time AI capabilities into the streaming workflow. Raptor represents the convergence of pure software-defined infrastructure with AI and automated captioning workflows, providing embedded captions in an IP video stream, the company said. Introduced at IBC2025, Raptor offers a simple, straightforward way to embed CEA-608 closed captions into a live program stream. Upon engaging and regenerating the stream, captioning text is inserted and the outbound stream is made available to the customer, the company said. Raptor offers the accuracy of the company’s enCaption universe and ensures compatibility with its enTranslate solutions, enabling translations to dozens of languages.