Transcribe court and tribunal hearings in Ireland the whole sitting day in one file.
A court or tribunal hearing recorded in Ireland, typically a sitting day of five to seven hours, comes back as a timestamped transcript in roughly 2 minutes per hour, so a 6-hour day takes about 12 minutes. The first 20 minutes are free, and the 360 minutes of that day fit inside one $6 pack of 500 minutes. It is a working text to prepare from, not a certified court transcript.
What a hearing day becomes
Morning evidence, afternoon submissions, read back on one clock.
Twelve minutes for a sitting day
A tribunal or court day usually runs from mid-morning to late afternoon with a lunch adjournment. Record it as a single file, keep the break in if you like, and six hours of audio is ready in about twelve minutes. An adjournment left in the file counts toward the minutes used, but it adds nothing confusing to the text.
A working text, said once
What you receive is an AI transcript with timestamps for working from. It is not a certified transcript, it does not replace an official court reporter or stenographer, and nothing on this page is legal advice. Use it to find, quote and prepare, then rely on the official record where one is required.
One day, one $6 pack
Six hours is 360 minutes. The $6 pack holds 500, so the day is covered and 140 minutes remain. A hearing listed for a full week of five such days is 1,800 minutes, which fits the $12 pack of 2,000 with room for a short directions hearing afterwards.
Evidence you can jump to
The brief sets out what each side argued and what was conceded. Chapters mark where each witness began and where submissions started, and the names, sums and dates said in evidence are listed with their times so you can play the exact moment back.
Why hearing recordings stall
Six hours of evidence is slow to search by ear.
✗ Working from the audio alone
A long hearing recording with no index means scrubbing back and forth to find a single answer under cross-examination.
- Scrubbing for one answer in hours of evidence
- Handwritten notes that paraphrase the witness
- Tools that stop at 30 or 60 minutes
- Splitting the day into parts by hand
- No timestamp to cite in a note to counsel
- Waiting days for a typed copy of the day
✓ One upload for the sitting
Send the whole recording once and read it back in the order it was heard.
- About 12 minutes for a 6-hour day
- A sitting of up to 10 hours, uploaded whole
- First 20 minutes free to check the audio
- Speakers named in the summary and chapters
- Names, sums and dates pulled out
- Search the text, then play the second
Sample
A tribunal afternoon, as it comes back.
This sample is illustrative and was written for this page; it is not from a real hearing. Timestamps count from the start of the recording, so the afternoon resumes past the four-hour mark.
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 $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
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
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
FAQ
Hearing recordings from Ireland, the common questions.
How long does a full hearing day take to transcribe?
About 2 minutes for every hour of audio. A 6-hour sitting is usually ready in around 12 minutes, and you can close the tab while it runs. A public run of 9.31 hours finished in 1,033 seconds, listed on our long-file proof page.
What does a hearing day cost, and in which currency?
All prices are in US dollars. A 6-hour day is 360 minutes, inside the $6 pack of 500 minutes. Five such days come to 1,800 minutes, which is the $12 pack of 2,000. Those minutes stay on the account with no expiry date and no monthly plan.
Is this a certified transcript for court?
No. It is an AI transcript with timestamps to work from, and it is not a substitute for a court reporter or for an official transcript ordered through the court. Check any passage you intend to rely on against the audio or the official record.
The video of the day is large. Will it upload?
A single hearing file may run to 10 hours or 5 GB. Before the first pack, uploads up to 2 GB start straight away, and a larger file starts once a pack is on the account. Exporting the audio track alone usually brings a full day well under 1 GB.
The hearing ran over two days. Do I split it?
Upload each day as its own file; both land in your Library with their own clocks. Only a single recording longer than 10 hours needs to be cut into two files.
What can I download, and who can hear the hearing audio?
DOCX for a note to counsel, plus TXT, SRT, VTT and JSON, all from one run. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training. Use a recording you are entitled to hold, and delete the file and its transcript whenever you choose.
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