Stenograph CATalyst (Case CATalyst)

by Stenograph

Industry-standard CAT software for stenographers and CART captioners.

TL;DR

Industry-standard CAT software for stenographers and CART captioners.

Best for professional stenographers writing realtime feeds into broadcast, court or CART workflows. Pricing: perpetual · contact sales.

Category
Desktop apps
License
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Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
perpetual · contact sales
Platforms
Windows

What it is

Case CATalyst is the dominant Computer-Aided Transcription tool for US stenographers, used in court reporting, broadcast captioning and CART. Pairs with a steno machine and delivers realtime output to viewers, encoders and CART platforms.

Best for: Professional stenographers writing realtime feeds into broadcast, court or CART workflows.
Watch out for: Requires steno hardware; learning curve for non-stenographers.

Install / use

stenograph.com

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Stenograph CATalyst (Case CATalyst) vs Whipscribe

FeatureStenograph CATalyst (Case CATalyst)Whipscribe
CategoryDesktop appsTranscription APIs
Pricingperpetual · contact salesfree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingYesNo
Languages—99
PlatformsWindowsWeb, API, MCP

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