Automatic subtitling was born in response to a high subtitling demand, as a more productive alternative that enabled subtitling in challenging situations, such as live broadcasts, where traditional subtitling was not directly applicable.
at present, automatic subtitling is yet not capable of creating subtitles that equal human quality and, thus, its focus is on facilitating the generation or post-editing of automatic subtitles by professional subtitlers, both in live and pre-recorded settings.