Transcribe a long FTR courtroom recording into text you can work from.
FTR courtroom recordings are usually .trm files that open in FTR's own player, so export the hearing to a standard audio file such as WAV or MP3, or ask the court for a copy in one of those formats, and upload it here. A six-hour hearing day takes about 12 minutes, the first 20 minutes are free, and a $6 pack of 500 minutes covers the other 340.
From court audio to text
A full day of hearing, turned into text you can search by minute.
From .trm to a standard file
A .trm file is FTR's own format, and a general upload cannot read it. Open it in FTR's player and save or export the audio as WAV or MP3 if your version offers that, or ask the court office for the recording in a standard format. The exported file goes in the box above, or on upload page if it is over 500 MB.
Keep every microphone in the mix
Courtroom systems record several microphones, one for the bench, the witness box and each counsel table. Export a mix that includes all of them; an export of a single channel leaves out everyone at the other microphones.
A hearing day as one file
A day of six or seven hours fits comfortably in one file, which can hold up to 10 hours or 5 GB. A 16-bit mono WAV of that day is well under 2 GB, so it uploads before a pack, and an MP3 is smaller still.
What you get, and its limits
The day comes back with a brief, chapters by session and witness, and the names, figures and dates said in court; the judge, counsel and witnesses are named in the summary, key quotes and chapters. It is an AI transcript with timestamps to work from, not a certified court transcript, not a substitute for a court reporter, and not legal advice.
Why court audio is slow to use
A proprietary file, many microphones and hours of proceedings.
✗ Working from the audio alone
Without text, preparing from a hearing means playing it back in a player that only opens one format.
- A .trm file that general tools refuse
- An export with only one microphone in it
- Hours of playback to find one answer
- A short-file tool that stops at 30 minutes
- An official transcript still weeks away
- Notes from the gallery that miss the wording
✓ Search the hearing
Export once with every channel mixed, upload once, and every exchange comes back with its timestamp.
- A hearing day read in about 12 minutes
- Every microphone channel in one mix
- A WAV of the day under the 2 GB line
- $6 for 500 minutes, no expiry date
- Chapters for each session and witness
- DOCX for notes, JSON for your own tools
Sample
A civil hearing recorded on a courtroom system, as it comes back.
This sample is illustrative and was written for this page; it does not come from a real proceeding. Timestamps run from the start of the exported audio.
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
FTR recordings, the common questions.
How long does a hearing day take to transcribe?
About 2 minutes per hour of audio, so a six-hour day is ready in roughly 12 minutes and a ten-hour file in about 20.
What does a trial's worth of audio cost?
A six-hour day is 360 minutes: 20 free for a first-time visitor and 340 from a $6 pack of 500. A five-day trial at six hours a day is 1,800 minutes and fits the $12 pack of 2,000.
Can I upload the .trm file as it is?
No. Export the recording to WAV or MP3 with FTR's player, or request a standard audio copy from the court, then upload that. Make sure the export mixes every microphone channel.
How large can the exported file be?
Up to 2 GB before the first pack, and up to 5 GB or 10 hours, whichever comes first, once a pack is on the account. A full hearing day as MP3 is a few hundred megabytes at most.
Does a multi-day hearing need to be split?
Upload one file per day. A single day longer than 10 hours goes in as two files, divided at a recess.
Which languages and exports, and where does the audio go?
99 languages, detected automatically, with downloads as TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training, and you can delete the hearing and its text when your matter is done.
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