Working transcripts for prep, not the court record.
Depositions, client calls, recorded interviews — private transcription with retention controls, timestamped exports, and credit packs with no seat fee. Honest about what we are not: a court-certified service.
1,516 minutes of legal recordings already transcribed here · packs from $4, any length · ~2 min per hour of audio · 99+ languages · private, never used for training
- 1,516 minof legal recordings transcribed by users here, across 34 files
- ~2 minper hour of audio, measured on production
- 99+languages, auto-detected
At a glance
- Field
- Legal
- Transcribed here
- 1,516 minutes across 34 legal recordings, out of 404,452 minutes site-wide since April 2026 (measured 10 Nov 2026)
- Turnaround
- About 2 minutes per hour of audio; most files finish in under a minute
- Input
- Any audio or video file, YouTube, podcast or RSS link; up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file
- Output
- A brief with chapters, the names, numbers and dates that were said, and the questions it answers; word timestamps and AI chat. Export TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX or JSON
- Languages
- 99+, with automatic detection
- Privacy
- Private servers, no third-party AI, never used for training, delete any time
- Price
- Packs from $4 for 300 minutes, credits never expire; every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes
- Support
- contact@whipscribe.com or the chat on every page
Quick answers
The five questions people ask before the first upload.
- What does WhipScribe do for legal recordings?
- Depositions, client calls, recorded interviews — private transcription with retention controls, timestamped exports, and credit packs with no seat fee. Honest about what we are not: a court-certified service.
- How much does it cost?
- Every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes; a pack from $4 (300 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export. Credit packs: $4 = 300 min · $18 = 3,000 min · $32 = 6,000 min; credits never expire and there is no seat fee. Workspace is $19 a month for unlimited transcription (300-hour fair-use mark; 100 GB of storage included, then $3 per extra 100 GB a month).
- How long does a transcript take?
- A one-hour recording is usually ready in about two minutes; most files finish in under a minute. Files up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file.
- Is it private?
- Yes. Transcribed on our own servers; audio is never sent to a third-party AI service. Never used to train, fine-tune or evaluate any model. Delete a recording and its transcript at any time; account deletion removes every record tied to the email.
- Which languages and files does it accept?
- 99+ languages, detected automatically; the transcript comes back in the recording's language. WhipScribe translates a finished transcript into any of 99 languages with the same timestamps, so SRT and VTT stay aligned. Input: any audio or video file (MP3, MP4, M4A, WAV, FLAC, OGG, WEBM, MOV, GSM and more), a YouTube, podcast, RSS, Google Drive, Twitch or Kick link, or a microphone recording. Export: TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT, JSON.
Built for Legal
What matters when transcribing legal recordings?
Retention you control
Delete audio and transcript for any file, any time, from the file page. No training on your uploads. If your firm needs a specific retention SLA or DPA, email contact@whipscribe.com before uploading.
Evidence-log-ready timestamps
Per-word and per-segment timing in every export. SRT and VTT caption files plus a JSON with timing for your internal evidence log or case-management system.
Testimony you can cite
Word-level timestamps on every line, so you can cite the testimony to the moment and check it against the audio.
Credit packs, not seats
Credit packs start at $4 for 300 minutes, and credits never expire. Three attorneys who transcribe occasionally share one account with no seat fee — you use credit only for the minutes transcribed.
How it works
How do I transcribe a legal recording?
Drop or paste
A file, a YouTube link, a podcast link or an RSS feed. Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file.
Read in a minute
Timestamps, a summary and AI chat over the transcript. Click any line to hear it.
Get the brief, not just the text
The Intelligence tab reads the recording back to you: a short brief, chapters, the names and numbers that were said, and the questions it answers. Export TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX or JSON whenever you want it elsewhere.
Intelligence
What comes back from a legal recording?
Witness prep session — timeline walkthrough
Brief overview
The timeline holds except for one gap, and the witness changes an answer about who was in the room.
- The 14 March gap is unexplained on this pass — flagged at 33:00 and not resolved.
- The answer on attendance changes between 21:40 and 1:11:20: two people, then three.
- Three documents are referred to by name and need to be pulled before the next session.
Questions this recording answers
- Did the witness change an answer?
- Yes. Attendance at the meeting is two people at 21:40 and three at 1:11:20, without acknowledging the change.
- What is still unexplained?
- The gap on 14 March, raised at 33:00 and left open at the end of the session.
Chapters
- Scope of today
- Who was in the room
- The 14 March gap
- Attendance, revisited
Names, numbers and dates
Example output, written to show the shape. Your own recording produces its own brief, in the language it was recorded in.
Questions
What else do people ask about legal transcription?
Is Whipscribe court-certified?
No. For a certified, filed transcript, use a licensed court reporter or a certified provider (Rev's human tier is one common pick). Whipscribe is for working transcripts — prep, review, internal evidence logs.
Can I control retention?
Yes. Delete audio and transcript for any file from the file page. No model training on uploads. Custom DPA/retention SLA available — email contact@whipscribe.com.
Are timestamps precise enough for an evidence log?
Per-word and per-segment timing in every export. SRT, VTT, JSON formats. Reference a timestamp; a reader jumps to the exact second of the source recording.
Read the recording. Draft the prep.
Packs from $4 for 300 minutes, credits never expire; every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes.