Questions about Liat.ai

The commentary can only be as good as what Liat.ai detects in your video. These are the things that help it most.

Send 1080p video at a high bitrate

Almost every camera records at this quality today. When the quality drops, it is usually after the camera: in the streaming protocol, in the internet connection at the ground, or in the settings the video file is saved with. Checking those three is the quickest way to better detection.

Keep the lines of the pitch clear

Liat.ai uses the lines of the pitch to place every player and every action. Some grounds have lines from other sports on the same pitch, or cones, spare goals and training equipment around it. For a ground like that, we need to adjust our models to compensate for these unexpected variables before they become confident in their outputs. Footage from your ground lets us fine-tune them quickly, and the adjustment carries over to every match you play there after.

Manual event triggers (optional)

We can give you a lightweight control layer. An operator you assign triggers key events, such as goals, cards and substitutions, manually and in real time. Each trigger goes straight into the commentary, so every important moment is commentated even if the stream quality dips. The triggers also act as labelled data from your footage, which helps our models adapt to it, so detection improves with every match after.

Allow a short delay

Liat.ai commentates with minimal latency, counted from the moment your live stream reaches us. If your broadcast can allow a few seconds of delay, Liat.ai sees what comes next before it speaks, which makes it more certain of what is happening now. We call this delayed live.

Send the recording after the match

A recorded match is usually higher quality than the live stream, which depends on the internet connection at the ground. So if the stream dips on the day, the recording still gives you a lot. From the full match, Liat.ai makes highlight videos with commentary on them. They use the same models, they are shorter, you can customise them, and they are ready to post once the match has ended.

Even when the video is perfect, the more Liat.ai knows about the match, the more the commentary has to say. It can fill the quieter spells with interesting information, and bring out the players and the plays you want highlighted.

Tell us about the match (optional)

• Your live data feed makes each event more certain, and you hear that in the commentary.
• Line-ups and jersey numbers let the commentary name every player and the formation.
• A pronunciation guide makes sure each name is said the way you want.
• The history of the fixture, and the stats of the teams and players so far, let the commentary talk about them like a full broadcast.

Allow a short delay

With a few seconds of delay, the commentary can treat connected moments as one. When a shot becomes a goal, a short line on the shot leads straight into the goal, rather than two lines that talk over each other.

Tell us how you use the commentary

Where the commentary goes out and what your viewers expect from it both shape it. Once we know, we tune the delay, the tone and the detail to suit you.