What this is and what it is not
RocketScribe produces a machine transcript. It is not certified, it is not prepared by a court reporter or a human transcriptionist, and it is not admissible on its own as an official transcript. Where a court, tribunal or agency requires a certified transcript, use a provider who can certify it.
There is no legal formatting standard built in: no line numbers, page-and-line citations, certification page or local-rule layout. If you need a particular format, export DOCX and apply it in Word or your firm's template.
Where legal recordings come from
Lawyers, paralegals and investigators often work with recordings before anything formal is needed:
- Client and witness interviews recorded on a phone or handheld recorder (M4A, MP3 or WAV).
- Recorded calls produced in discovery or supplied by a client, usually MP3 or WAV.
- Video evidence such as phone footage or video calls (MP4, MOV, 3GP), uploaded as is with timestamps aligned to the video.
- Audio of public hearings, council meetings or proceedings where recording is permitted.
- Your own dictated notes or memos after a meeting or site visit.
What to check line by line
Use the synced player: click a line and it plays from there. In legal work the details carry the weight, so check names of parties and witnesses, dates, times, addresses, amounts, case and statute references, and Latin or technical terms. Pay close attention to small words that change meaning, such as "can" and "can't", "did" and "didn't", and to passages where people talk over each other.
The transcript is close to clean verbatim, so fillers and false starts may be left out. If exact wording, hesitations or pauses matter, listen through and add them. Mark inaudible passages yourself rather than guessing. Keep timestamps on in your working copy so every quote can be traced back to the recording.
Speaker identification, available on paid plans or with a Minute Pack, labels who said what; rename the labels to "Counsel", "Witness" and so on once and every line updates. Check labels where voices overlap.
Exports for case files
DOCX is the usual choice for a draft you will format, annotate or attach to a memo. PDF gives a fixed copy for the file. CSV puts each segment in a row with its start time, which suits building an index of key moments in long evidence. A read-only share link lets a colleague read the draft without an account.
Confidentiality
Check your firm's policy and your professional obligations before uploading privileged or sensitive material to any online service. Files are never used to train AI models, and you can delete the audio and transcript at any time. We do not offer HIPAA compliance or a business associate agreement. For related work, see the interview and phone call transcription pages.