Transcription for paralegals working text from long recordings.
A paralegal with a 2-hour client interview gets working text back in about 4 minutes, and 5 hours of hearing audio in about 10, with the names, dates and amounts said listed for the file. Packs start at $4 for 300 minutes, and credits never expire.
The recordings on a paralegal's desk
Long conversations that need to become notes, chronologies and memos.
Intake and follow-up interviews
Client interviews run long because the facts come out in no particular order. Upload the recorder or phone file and read the account in sequence, with chapters marking where the client moved from one event to the next.
Hearing audio the court provides
Where a court or tribunal makes hearing audio available, it often arrives as one file covering a full day. Files up to 500 MB go into the box here; a full-day file continues on the main upload page, which takes up to 10 hours or 5 GB.
A start on the chronology
The names, dates, amounts and places spoken in the recording are pulled into a list, and the brief sets out the main points and the questions the recording answers. That is the raw material for a chronology or an attorney's memo, ready to check against the audio.
A month, worked out
Eight client interviews of about 90 minutes are 720 minutes; two hearings of 4 hours add 480 more. The 1,200-minute total fits the $18 pack of 3,000 minutes. Packs start at $4 for 300 minutes, and credits never expire.
Why long recordings slow a matter down
The facts are in the recording; getting them onto paper takes the afternoon.
✗ Replaying and typing
Without text, every follow-up question means finding the right minute in a long file and typing out what was said.
- Two hours of audio for one date
- Handwritten notes from the interview
- Hearing audio nobody has time to replay
- Chronologies built from memory
- Upload tools that refuse large files
- Quotes retyped for each memo
✓ Text to work from
Each recording returns as searchable text with the facts listed and chapters to navigate.
- About 4 minutes for a 2-hour interview
- Dates and amounts listed for the chronology
- Speakers named in the summary and quotes
- Chat that finds where a fact was said
- DOCX for the file, TXT for notes
- Timestamps to check each passage
Sample
Part of a client interview, transcribed.
An illustrative sample written for this page; it does not come from any real client, matter or firm.
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
Paralegals ask these first.
Is this a certified transcript?
No. It is an AI transcript for working from: notes, chronologies, memos and preparation. It is not a certified or official transcript and it is not legal advice. Where a certified record is required, use the official or certified route.
How long does hearing audio take?
About 2 minutes per hour of audio, so a 5-hour hearing day takes about 10 minutes and a 90-minute interview about 3.
What will a typical month cost?
Packs start at $4 for 300 minutes. Packs are one-time purchases and credits never expire.
A hearing ran for more than 10 hours, or the file is huge. What then?
One file can be up to 10 hours or 5 GB, with or without a pack. A longer day goes in as two files, split at a break. Each returns with its own transcript and chapters.
Can I record a client call and transcribe it?
Recording a call needs the consent the law where you and the client are requires, so get it before you record. Once you have the recording, upload it like any other file; WhipScribe works on the recording afterwards and no bot joins a live call.
Where do the recordings go?
Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training. Exports are TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON, and what goes into the client file is your firm's decision.
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