How do I transcribe a court recording? A working transcript in minutes.
Save the court audio you were given as a standard file such as MP3, WAV or M4A and upload it: one file can be up to 10 hours or 5 GB (with or without a pack), and it is transcribed at about 2 minutes per audio hour. A 6-hour hearing day, 360 minutes, takes about 12 minutes. Packs start at $4 for 300 minutes, and credits never expire.
From disc or download to text
A working copy of the day, for preparing and checking.
Get it into a standard format
Court audio is often supplied on a disc, a download or a portal, sometimes in a format that only plays in a dedicated player. If the player offers an export or save-as option, save the audio as MP3 or WAV; if it plays only inside that software, ask the clerk's office whether a standard audio copy is available.
What this transcript is
It is an AI transcript for working from, not a certified or official transcript, and nothing here is legal advice. Use it to find passages, prepare questions and draft notes; where a formal record is required, the court's own procedure decides how that is obtained.
Find the exchange you need
Every line carries a timestamp, so a passage from the cross-examination can be played back in seconds. Chapters mark the shifts between witnesses and submissions, and the chat answers questions such as when a date was first mentioned. Large files can go through the upload page.
Multi-channel and quiet audio
Courtroom systems often record each microphone separately and mix them for playback. Upload the mixed audio when you have the choice. A witness far from a microphone may come through faintly, and those lines are the ones to check against the recording.
Waiting for the record
Why lawyers and parties start from a working copy.
✗ Listening through the day
Without text, finding one answer in a six-hour recording means scrubbing back and forth through the audio.
- Hours of audio to scrub
- Notes taken in the room, incomplete
- Days of waiting for typed copies
- No search for a name or a date
- Hard to share the key passages
- Long days cut into separate files
✓ Searchable within the hour
A timestamped working copy is ready in minutes, while the formal route runs its own course.
- 360 minutes in about 12 minutes
- One file for the whole day
- $4 for up to 300 minutes
- Witnesses named in the summary
- Every line timestamped
- DOCX and TXT for notes
Sample output
A working transcript of a hearing.
Illustrative, invented lines with no real case or person. Each line keeps the time it was spoken.
Export
One transcript. Five clean formats.
Every pack exports all five — no format is held back for a higher tier.
Plain text
De-ummed paragraphs. Ready to paste.
SRT captions
Timed to the speech. Every video editor reads this.
WebVTT
HTML5 player + YouTube uploads.
Show notes
Formatted with chapters and pull-quotes.
Machine-readable
Timestamped text for your own tools.
Pricing
Honest pricing, no surprises.
A pack from $4 (300 minutes) opens the full transcript. After that, no subscription and no auto-renew — every tier is a one-time minute pack, and credits never expire. Buy once, use the minutes whenever you need them.
Casual pack
$4/300 min
5 hours of audio — $0.80 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.
- 300 minutes of audio
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
- Executive summary & key quote
Best value
$18/3,000 min
50 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 3,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
Bulk pack
$32/6,000 min
100 hours of audio — $0.32 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 6,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
Court recordings, answered.
How long does a full court day take?
About 2 minutes per audio hour once uploaded, so a 6-hour day is ready in around 12 minutes and a short 45-minute hearing in under 2.
What does it cost for a trial?
A single 6-hour day, 360 minutes, fits the $18 pack of 3,000 minutes. Packs start at $4 for 300 minutes, and credits never expire. Longer proceedings go on the $32 pack of 6,000 minutes. New visitors start with a free preview of the opening minutes.
Can I file this transcript with the court?
Rules on what may be filed vary by court and jurisdiction, so check with the court or your lawyer. This page describes a working transcript only.
Are judge, counsel and witnesses identified?
Speakers are identified and named in the summary, key quotes and chapters, helped by names and roles said aloud in the room. The transcript lines carry timestamps so you can confirm any attribution against the audio.
The file is over 2 GB or longer than 10 hours.
Large files start with or without a pack, up to 5 GB. A recording over 10 hours, such as two days on one file, needs splitting into two files. Audio-only copies are far smaller than video.
Who has access to the recording?
Only your account. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training, and you can delete the recording and transcript from your Library when you no longer need them.
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