Search inside your video library instantly

Recording and editing videos is just the start. The real value comes when people can actually find the information buried inside those videos weeks or months later.

Panopto handles everything from recording to captioning, so your team can focus on using video to get work done, not managing video files.

Search every spoken word—Automatic speech recognition captures and indexes every word anyone says in your videos. Search for a specific term and jump straight to the moment it was mentioned.

Search every word on screen—Optical character recognition captures and indexes every word that appears on screen. That includes text in screen shares, documents, and any visual content shown during recordings.

Slide search—Slide ingestion technology indexes every word in presentation decks, including speaker notes that viewers never see. You can find information even when it wasn’t spoken aloud.

Search digital notes—Take notes directly in the video while you watch. Those notes become searchable too, so you can find your own observations just as easily as the video content itself.

AI-powered video indexing for faster discovery

Panopto’s Smart Search is the most comprehensive way to find content inside your video library. Forrester Research confirms this, reporting that Panopto has “the best support for video search.”

ASR and OCR technology automatically transcribes and captions every video, making your entire library searchable by keywords. The search is secure and fast. You’ll find what you need in seconds instead of hunting through folders or asking colleagues to resend links.

Multi-language support in 20+ languages

Smart Search supports fifteen languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Hungarian, and Polish.

Upload a video in any of these languages and Panopto automatically indexes it. Search in the same language the video was recorded in. No manual transcription or translation required.

Personalized discovery across your video content

People learn from video the same way they learn on YouTube. They browse, they search, they follow creators they trust. Panopto brings that same discovery experience to your organization’s knowledge library.

Apply tags to videos so they’re easier to find. Subscribe to specific people or topics so new relevant videos appear on your home screen automatically. Browse by tags when you want to explore a subject more deeply. You’ll discover information you didn’t know existed without searching for it specifically.

Federated search across platforms with OpenSearch

Your teams don’t search for information in just one place. They check Slack, browse the LMS, look through SharePoint. They shouldn’t have to open Panopto separately to search videos.

Panopto’s Smart Search engine connects with your LMS, CMS, and collaboration platforms. That means people can find relevant video content wherever they normally look for information.

OpenSearch federation links Panopto’s search with other tools your organization uses. Search results from your video library appear alongside results from other systems, all in one place. This works with Slack, Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, Saba, Salesforce, SharePoint On-Premises, and more.

You can even search your private video library from your browser’s address bar. Add Panopto to your browser’s search providers list and get Smart Search results without leaving Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Edge, or Safari.