Ryerson University partnered with Speak AI to implement interactive media players that automatically transcribe content and extract customized insights, making their media library more searchable, accessible, and measurable.
Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) is one of Canada’s leading comprehensive universities, known for innovation and applied learning. The university’s strategic initiatives team, led by Farhan Zia, Senior Manager of Strategic Initiatives, needed a better way to host, share, and extract value from their growing media library.
University media libraries often contain hundreds or thousands of hours of recordings from lectures, events, workshops, and institutional communications. Without transcription and search capabilities, this content becomes a static archive rather than an active, discoverable resource. The team needed a system that could make media interactive, searchable, and accessible while also providing analytics to measure engagement and success.
Ryerson University implemented Speak AI as the foundation for a modern, interactive media hosting and sharing system.
Speak AI’s interactive media players were deployed across the university’s web properties, allowing users to navigate content by topic, search within recordings, and jump to specific moments instead of watching entire files.
Every piece of media was automatically transcribed on upload, creating text-based representations that made content searchable, quotable, and accessible to all users regardless of hearing ability or language preference.
Beyond basic transcription, Speak AI extracted customized insights from the media, helping the team identify key themes, topics, and patterns across their content library.
The platform provided analytics on how media was being consumed, giving the team data to understand engagement patterns and measure the impact of their content initiatives.
Interactive media transforms static archives: Adding searchable transcripts and interactive navigation turned a passive media library into an active, discoverable knowledge base that users could engage with on their own terms.
Accessibility drives broader engagement: Automatic transcription made media accessible to users with hearing impairments and those who prefer text, expanding the potential audience for every piece of content.
Universities need measurement for media investments: With analytics built into the media platform, the team could finally measure engagement and demonstrate the value of their content initiatives to stakeholders.
Innovation-ready institutions benefit from AI-powered media tools: Ryerson’s culture of applied innovation made it a natural fit for deploying AI-powered transcription and insight extraction across institutional media.
Whether you manage a university media library, institutional archive, or organizational content hub, Speak AI helps you make media interactive, searchable, and measurable. Book a demo or start exploring the platform today.
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