At NAB 2019, one of several interesting new announcements from NewTek (now part of Vizrt) was Live Story Creator. Live Story creator uses either Microsoft Word or Google Docs (even on a Chromebook) as a front-end UI (user interface) to write scripts. Particular styles can trigger lower thirds, and key words in comments can trigger macros in a TriCaster or other NewTek video mixer (“switcher”) with graphics generator. At the end, the file must be exported as a .docx file.

Live Story Creator will soon become part of NewTek’s Premium Access subscription (currently US$99 per month). NewTek’s Brian Olson (VP of Product Management) confirmed that the trigger words will initially be in English only, but other languages for them may arrive later.

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