Secure AI transcription for lawyers, paralegals, and court reporters. Depositions, hearings, witness interviews, and client meetings come back as speaker-labeled, timestamped working transcripts — with your case names and terms spelled right the first time.
Depositions, hearings, witness interviews, and client meetings — whoever on the team owns the recording, the transcript is ready before the next session.
Beyond the deposition room
Hearings, motions, and court proceedings use the same controls as depositions — speaker roles, key terms, verbatim style, and timestamps — so the whole matter lives in one searchable workspace.
Name the bench and each side's counsel as speaker roles so the transcript reads Judge, Counsel for Plaintiff, Counsel for Defendant — not Speaker 1 through 3. Timestamps let you jump straight back to a ruling or an exchange with the court.
Load the motion's defined terms, case citations, and party names as key terms before transcribing the argument, so the draft comes back with the right spellings and you can search it for the court's questions while you draft the reply.
Full-day recordings up to 5GB in a single upload, transcribed verbatim with the Legal preset so objections, rulings, and colloquy stay in the record as spoken. Export PDF or DOCX for the trial binder or plain text for your review tools.
These are working transcripts for preparation, review, and internal notes — not the official record. Where a court requires a certified transcript, the court reporter's record remains authoritative.
Brief the transcription before it starts — the kind of audio, the words that matter, who is speaking — and get a draft that reads like a deposition. New to AI transcription for legal work? Start with the legal transcription guide.
See it in the product
Everything in the screenshot is available on every upload: choose the Legal style, add the names and terms that matter, and tell it who is in the room.
Pick Legal under Advanced Transcription Instructions. The preset keeps legal terminology intact, transcribes verbatim, and preserves role references like judge, counsel, and witness.
Type the parties, attorneys, exhibits, statutes, and defined terms for the matter — up to 100 per file — and the transcript comes back with those spellings instead of phonetic guesses.
Turn on Identify Speakers, choose Roles, and add Counsel, Witness, Opposing counsel, or Judge. Each detected speaker is matched to a role when the model is confident.
One of the predefined Smart Instructions presets. It transcribes legal audio with precise legal terminology intact and preserves role-based references such as judge, counsel, witness, plaintiff, and defendant when identifiable.
Add case names, party names, attorneys, exhibits, statutes, and technical terms up front — up to 100 terms per file — so the model is guided toward the right spellings instead of you fixing them in the editor afterwards.
Automatic speaker detection, then name the speakers — Counsel, Witness, Judge — instead of Speaker 1 and Speaker 2. Set the speaker count or let it detect.
The Legal preset keeps filler words, hesitations, repetitions, false starts, and colloquial speech when clearly spoken, so the draft reflects what was actually said.
Every segment carries a timestamp, so you can cite a passage, jump back to the audio, and reconcile the draft against the recording.
Export a formatted transcript for the matter file, plain text for review tools, or caption formats for video depositions — with or without speaker labels and timestamps.
Upload, sync, or ask your assistant — the transcript lands in the same place either way.
Upload an audio or video file up to 5GB, point Cloud Sync at a Google Drive folder, or ask Claude or ChatGPT to upload it for you.
Pick Legal as the style, add the parties, counsel, exhibits, and terms of art — up to 100 — and name the speakers by role.
Read the speaker-labeled, timestamped draft, search it, export PDF or DOCX, and share it in your team workspace.
Generic tools transcribe. Legal work needs the vocabulary, the roles, the verbatim record, and a workflow the whole team can use.
| Legal need | WhisperAI | Typical AI transcription tool |
|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | WhisperAI:Industry-leading accuracy, powered by OpenAI Whisper large‑v3 | Typical tool:Varies by engine; no control over what it is tuned for |
| Custom vocabulary & Legal preset | WhisperAI:Legal preset plus up to 100 key terms per file | Typical tool:Generic model; names and terms fixed by hand afterwards |
| Speaker roles | WhisperAI:Named speakers and roles — Counsel, Witness, Judge | Typical tool:Speaker 1 / Speaker 2 |
| Verbatim mode | WhisperAI:Preserves fillers, false starts, and repetitions for the record | Typical tool:Cleaned-up text by default |
| Billing | WhisperAI:Unlimited plans with no per‑minute billing | Typical tool:Per-minute fees or monthly minute caps |
| File size | WhisperAI:Files up to 5GB — a full-day deposition in one upload | Typical tool:Small file caps; recordings split by hand |
| Claude & ChatGPT | WhisperAI:Built-in MCP connector on every plan, no API key | Typical tool:Copy and paste transcripts into the chat |
| Cloud Sync automation | WhisperAI:Google Drive folders transcribed automatically | Typical tool:Manual upload for every file |
| Enterprise controls | WhisperAI:Shared workspace, admin roles, audit log, centralized billing | Typical tool:Personal accounts with no shared audit trail |
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Connect WhisperAI once with OAuth sign-in and your assistant can upload, transcribe, search, summarize, and export deposition transcripts without leaving the chat. Works on every plan — no API key.
Recordings your firm already saves to Google Drive are picked up and transcribed automatically — no one has to remember to upload.
Google Drive today. OneDrive, Dropbox, and Box are coming soon.
Learn about Cloud SyncConnect your cloud storage
One secure sign-in. WhisperAI only ever sees the folder you choose.
Step 1. Connect your Google Drive in one click.
Depositions and client interviews organized by matter, with the Legal style, speaker labels, and an audit trail — one workspace instead of five personal subscriptions.
Straight answers on privacy, accuracy, verbatim output, and how the team works with the transcripts.
No. WhisperAI does not sell your personal information, and our transcription providers process your audio under data-processing agreements. OpenAI processes content under a DPA with no use of your content for model training. Recordings and transcripts can be deleted at any time. Full details are on our Privacy and Security pages.
WhisperAI delivers industry-leading accuracy, powered by OpenAI Whisper large‑v3, and the Legal preset keeps legal terminology and role references such as judge, counsel, witness, plaintiff, and defendant intact. Adding your case-specific key terms before transcribing is the biggest single improvement for names, exhibits, and terms of art.
Yes. Add up to 100 key terms per file — party names, attorneys, exhibits, statutes, technical vocabulary — and WhisperAI uses them to guide the transcription toward the right spellings. You can set a default for every upload or override it per file.
Yes. The Legal preset preserves filler words, hesitations, repetitions, false starts, and colloquial speech when clearly spoken. If you want a cleaner read for internal notes, switch to the Standard style for that file.
Yes. Speaker detection separates voices automatically, and you can name each speaker or role — Counsel, Witness, Judge — so the transcript reads like a deposition rather than Speaker 1 and Speaker 2.
Yes. The WhisperAI MCP connector works on every plan with no API key. Sign in with OAuth once, then upload, transcribe, search, summarize, and export transcripts from inside Claude or ChatGPT.
Yes. Cloud Sync watches the Google Drive folders you choose, transcribes new recordings with the settings you set for that folder, and saves the transcripts back alongside the originals. OneDrive, Dropbox, and Box are coming soon.
Enterprise gives the whole team one shared workspace with folders, tags, and auto-share, plus admin roles, an audit log, team analytics, and centralized billing. Five seats are included, and extra seats are $15/seat/month or $150/seat/year.
No. WhisperAI produces a fast, accurate working transcript for preparation, review, and rough drafts. It is not a certified record, and court reporters remain responsible for certification where one is required.
Guides and articles on legal transcription from the WhisperAI team.
Free to start, no credit card. Upload a recording, apply the Legal preset and your key terms, and read the draft in minutes.
