Full hearing days · Afrikaans testimony · about 2 min per hour

Transcribe a hearing with Afrikaans testimony for working from.

A 4-hour hearing day with Afrikaans testimony becomes timestamped text in about 8 minutes, with the language detected and English passages handled. It is a working text: the first 20 minutes are free, and a 5-day hearing of about 25 hours, 1,500 minutes, fits the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes.

Packs from $6, credits never expire · then from $0.36/hour · Credits never expire · Never used to train AI
✓Full hearing day in one file · ✓Four hours of testimony in about 8 minutes · ✓First 20 minutes free · ✓Testimony never used for model training

For attorneys, advocates and their teams

Find the answer a witness gave without replaying the whole day.

Each answer stamped with its time

Search the text for the word the witness used and jump to the timestamp, then listen to the passage itself before relying on it.

Names, dates and amounts

The names, dates and figures said in testimony come back as a list, a fast way to compare one witness against another.

Testimony in Afrikaans, argument in English

A hearing is detected on its main language and the switches between Afrikaans and English are handled in one text.

A clear limit on what it is

What you receive is an AI-made text with timestamps, meant for preparation. It is not a certified court transcript, it does not stand in for a court reporter, and it is not legal advice.

Why preparation takes so long

Hours of recorded testimony, and the one answer you need is somewhere in the middle.

✗ A notebook and a day of audio

Counsel's notes are partial, and checking them means replaying the day at normal speed.

  • Replaying a full day for one answer
  • Notes taken while also objecting
  • Afrikaans testimony summarised loosely
  • Apps that refuse a full-day file
  • Dates compared by hand
  • Days of typing before preparation

✓ A working text of the day

The recording comes back as text you can search, quote from carefully and check against the audio.

  • About 8 minutes for a 4-hour day
  • Afrikaans testimony picked up automatically
  • Timestamps on every passage
  • Each witness named in the summary
  • Dates and amounts listed
  • Chat to locate a topic in testimony

Sample

Part of a hearing, as it comes back.

This excerpt is illustrative and written for this page; it is not from a real matter, court or witness.

transcript · whipscribe.com/view/transcribe-afrikaans-court-hearing-south-africa
00:22:10 Wanneer het u die dokument die eerste keer gesien?
00:22:31 Ek het dit in Maart ontvang, saam met die ander briewe.
01:48:55 Is dit korrek dat u nie by die vergadering teenwoordig was nie?
03:51:20 Edelagbare, ek het geen verdere vrae nie.

Export

One transcript. Five clean formats.

Every pack exports all five — no format is held back for a higher tier.

.txt

Plain text

De-ummed paragraphs. Ready to paste.

.srt

SRT captions

Timed to the speech. Every video editor reads this.

.vtt

WebVTT

HTML5 player + YouTube uploads.

.docx

Show notes

Formatted with chapters and pull-quotes.

.json

Machine-readable

Timestamped text for your own tools.

Pricing

Honest pricing, no surprises.

A pack from $6 (500 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

$6/500 min

8 hours of audio — $0.72 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.

  • 500 minutes of audio
  • All export formats
  • Unlimited AI chat per transcript
  • Executive summary & key quote
Get 500 minutes

Best value

$12/2,000 min

33 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.

  • 2,000 minutes of audio
  • Priority queue
  • All export formats
  • Unlimited AI chat per transcript
Get 2,000 minutes

Bulk pack

$24/5,000 min

83 hours of audio — $0.29 an hour. Credits never expire.

  • 5,000 minutes of audio
  • Priority queue
  • API access for batch pipelines
  • All export formats
Get 5,000 minutes

FAQ

Hearing recordings with Afrikaans testimony, answered.

How long until a full day of testimony is text?

A 4-hour day takes about 8 minutes and a 6-hour day about 12, at roughly 2 minutes per hour of audio. The longest public run we show took 9.31 hours of audio in 1,033 seconds. That makes it practical to read the day's testimony the same evening and prepare cross-examination for the morning.

What does a hearing that runs for a week cost?

Five days of about 5 hours each are 25 hours, or 1,500 minutes, which fits the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes. A single 4-hour day of 240 minutes sits on the $6 pack of 500 minutes. Prices for packs are set in US dollars. Credits remain on the account, so a postponed hearing that resumes months later uses the same pack.

Which recordings can I transcribe?

Only recordings you are permitted to hold and use, such as a copy obtained through the proper channel or your own recording of a proceeding where recording is allowed. Formal Afrikaans legal phrasing is transcribed as spoken, so the text follows the exchange between counsel and witness.

Can a witness switch between Afrikaans and English?

Yes. The hearing is detected on its main language and switches are handled. Check names, places and dialect words against the audio using the timestamps. The speakers are named in the summary and the chapters, which helps a team see which witness covered which topic.

How long or large can a hearing recording be?

Each file may be up to 10 hours or 5 GB. Before your first pack the upload limit is 2 GB; a bigger file starts once a pack is on the account. A day recorded as several files can be sent as several uploads; each one comes back with its own timestamps.

What comes back, and how is the recording handled?

Downloads are TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON; most teams work in the DOCX. Hearing recordings are processed on our own servers, never used for training, and can be deleted from your Library at any time. Delete the hearing from your Library when the matter closes, in line with how your firm keeps records.

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