Transcribe a 4-hour court hearing and search it the same day.
A 4-hour court hearing is 240 minutes of audio and is transcribed in about 8 minutes; the audio copy is usually 100 to 250 MB, while a video record can run to several GB. A hearing uses 240 of the 300 minutes in the $4 pack, and the opening minutes are a free preview.
Four hours of proceedings
A text copy of the hearing for preparation, while the official record is pending.
The audio you already hold
Hearing audio usually reaches a party as a copy of the court's recording, or as a recording made where recording is permitted. MP3, WAV, M4A and MP4 go in the box here up to 500 MB and on the upload page above that. If the copy only plays inside its own viewer, export it to MP3 or WAV first.
Phases as chapters
Appearances, preliminary matters, testimony, cross-examination, submissions, the ruling or adjournment. Chapters tend to land at those transitions with timestamps, so the witness's answer about the timeline opens directly.
Figures and dates in one list
The brief lists the dates, amounts, exhibit numbers and names said in the hearing, each tied to its timestamp. Speakers are identified and named in the summary, key quotes and chapters when they are addressed by name or role.
Several hearings, one pack
Packs start at $4 for 300 minutes, and credits never expire.
Waiting on the record
The certified transcript takes time. Preparation can't wait for it.
✗ Working from audio
Counsel and parties re-listen to hours of audio to find a few answers.
- Scrubbing four hours for one exchange
- Notes scribbled from the public seats
- Upload limits below a hearing's length
- Exhibit references missed in passing
- No way to search across hearing days
- Answers quoted from recollection
✓ A working transcript
One searchable document per hearing, with a timestamp on everything.
- About 8 minutes per hearing
- Chapters at each phase
- Dates, amounts and exhibits listed
- Speakers named in the summary
- Search across all hearing days
- Every line checkable against the audio
Sample
Moments from a four-hour hearing.
An illustrative excerpt written for this page; it is not drawn from any real case, court or person.
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
4-hour court hearings, answered.
How long does a 4-hour hearing take to transcribe?
About 8 minutes. WhipScribe processes roughly 2 minutes per audio hour; the public timing page shows a 9.31-hour file finished in 1,033 seconds.
Can this be used as the certified transcript of the hearing?
No. It is an AI transcript to work from, for preparation, review and search. It is not a certified or official transcript and not legal advice. Where a certified record is required, order it through the court's process.
What does it cost?
One 4-hour hearing uses 240 of the 300 minutes in the $4 pack. A practice with about twenty such hearings a year (4,800 minutes) fits the $32 pack of 6,000 minutes. Credits never expire.
The video of the hearing is 4 GB. Can I upload it?
Yes. The file limit is 5 GB or 10 hours, whichever comes first. Before the first pack, uploads up to 5 GB go through and a larger file needs a split. An audio-only copy is far smaller and starts at once.
Can it handle several speakers and poor courtroom audio?
The judge, counsel and witnesses are identified and named in the summary, key quotes and chapters. Audio from a fixed courtroom system is usually clear; where a witness was far from the microphone, check that passage against the recording at its timestamp.
Which languages, exports, and privacy apply?
99 languages are detected automatically; a hearing with an interpreter is detected on its main language, so read interpreted passages closely. Files export as TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT or JSON. Hearing audio is transcribed on our own servers and is never used for training.
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