Transcribe a long CourtSmart recording and read the hearing the same day.
To transcribe a long CourtSmart recording, obtain an export of the hearing in a standard audio format from the court and upload it here; a three-hour hearing is ready in about 6 minutes. The first 20 minutes are free, and two three-hour hearings (360 minutes) fit the $6 pack of 500 minutes with 140 to spare.
From the court's record to text
Hours of argument, searchable before the next hearing.
Ask for a standard export
CourtSmart recordings are kept by the court and typically played back in its own software. When you request a copy, ask for WAV or MP3 rather than the system's native format, which a general upload may not read. If the upload refuses what you receive, convert it to MP3 first.
All channels in the mix
Digital court recording captures several microphones. A copy that mixes the bench, the witness stand and the counsel tables keeps every voice; a single-channel copy loses whoever spoke at another microphone. When in doubt, ask the records office which channels the export contains; asking once saves a second request later.
Small files, long sittings
A three-hour MP3 at 128 kbps is about 173 MB (128 kilobits × 10,800 seconds ÷ 8), far below the 2 GB first-upload line. A full day sits well inside the limit of 10 hours or 5 GB per file. Send it in the box above or through the upload page.
What the text is, and is not
You get a brief, chapters by witness or topic and the names, dates and figures said, with the judge, counsel and witnesses named in the summary, quotes and chapters. This is a working AI transcript for preparing from, not a certified transcript, not a replacement for a court reporter and not legal advice.
Why hearings stay unread
A native format, many microphones, three hours of argument.
✗ Listening it back
Preparing from a hearing without text means playing it through in court software.
- A native file that ordinary players refuse
- One channel exported, half the voices missing
- Three hours replayed to check one ruling
- Hand notes that drop the exact words
- An official transcript weeks away
- Hearings across a month never compared
✓ Read it the same day
One standard export, one upload, and the hearing is searchable.
- Three hours of argument in about 6 minutes
- Every microphone mixed into one file
- Rulings and dates listed with their times
- Two hearings on one $6 pack
- DOCX for notes, JSON for case tools
- A file up to 10 hours or 5 GB
Sample
A motions hearing, as it comes back.
This is an illustrative sample written for this page; no real hearing is quoted. Times are from the start of the exported file.
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
CourtSmart recordings, the common questions.
How long will a CourtSmart hearing take?
At about 2 minutes per audio hour, a three-hour hearing is ready in roughly 6 minutes. A public run of 2.48 hours took 200 seconds.
What does a month of hearings cost?
Two three-hour hearings are 360 minutes and fit the $6 pack. Sixty hours over a month is 3,600 minutes, which calls for the $24 pack of 5,000 minutes.
Can I upload the native CourtSmart file?
Probably not. Ask the court for WAV or MP3, or export it from the court's playback software if you have access to it. Where the upload refuses a native file, convert it to MP3 first.
How long and how large can a CourtSmart export be?
Up to 10 hours or 5 GB each, and 2 GB until your first pack is bought. A hearing longer than 10 hours goes in as two files, split at a recess.
Does it handle other languages?
Any of 99 languages is picked up automatically. English and Spanish in one hearing is detected on the main language, with the switches handled.
Which downloads, and where is the audio processed?
The hearing downloads as TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT or JSON. CourtSmart hearings sent here are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training.
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