Legal Transcription
Accurate legal transcription for depositions, hearings, and client consultations with legal terminology.
Why Use STT.ai for Legal Transcription
Professional-grade legal transcription that understands legal terminology, Latin phrases, and courtroom proceedings. STT.ai delivers the accuracy that legal professionals demand.
Industry-leading accuracy
Choose from 10+ AI models to get the lowest word error rate for your legal transcription audio. NVIDIA Canary achieves under 6% WER on clean recordings.
Speaker diarization built-in
Automatically identify who said what -- essential for legal transcription recordings with multiple speakers. No extra setup needed.
Every export format you need
Download transcripts as TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX, JSON, or PDF. Generate subtitles, meeting notes, or structured data from a single upload.
Free to start, scales with you
600 free minutes per month with no signup. When you need more, paid plans start at $8.33/mo with API access for automation.
How It Works for Legal Transcription
1
Upload your legal transcription audio
Drag and drop your recording in MP3, WAV, MP4, or 20+ other formats. You can also record live from your microphone or paste a URL from YouTube, Vimeo, or 1,300+ platforms.
2
AI transcribes your legal transcription recording
Select your preferred model and language (or let us auto-detect). Enable speaker diarization if your legal transcription recording has multiple speakers. Processing typically takes seconds to minutes.
3
Export your legal transcription transcript
Download in your preferred format -- TXT for notes, SRT/VTT for subtitles, DOCX for documents, JSON for integrations. Share via link or use our API for automated workflows.
Export Formats for Legal Transcription
Every transcript can be exported in the format that fits your legal transcription workflow:
TXT
Clean plain text -- ideal for notes, searchable archives, and copy-paste
SRT / VTT
Timed subtitles for video platforms, social media, and accessibility
DOCX
Formatted Word document with speaker labels and timestamps
JSON
Structured data with word-level timestamps for developers and integrations
PDF
Print-ready document for sharing, filing, and formal records
Key Features for Legal Transcription
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Get Started FreeFrequently Asked Questions
For Legal Transcription, upload an audio or video file (or record live) and pick the model that best matches your accuracy and speed needs. The workflow is tuned to reduce transcription costs — and STT.ai's 600 free minutes/month cover most Legal Transcription jobs without a paid plan.
For Legal Transcription, accuracy on domain terminology matters most, so STT.ai Enhanced or Whisper Large V3 are the right call — they back the features this workflow leans on: Legal terminology, Speaker identification, and Timestamp precision. Run a sample through the compare-stt tool before you commit.
Our best models reach 93-95% accuracy on clean audio, but for Legal Transcription — where a single wrong word carries weight — the built-in editor lets you review, correct, and certify before exporting. Pair it with verbatim mode for an auditable record.
Yes. Speaker diarization automatically labels each voice for Legal Transcription (Speaker 1, Speaker 2, …) and you can rename them post-transcription. Works on every supported model.
For Legal Transcription, DOCX and PDF are the usual exports for filing and sharing with stakeholders, with JSON keeping timestamps and speaker labels machine-readable for case/record tooling. These formats are what let teams reduce transcription costs, faster deposition turnaround, and searchable case archives.
Yes. Legal Transcription audio is processed and deleted by default, and Pro plans add client-side encryption so your transcripts are unreadable without your key — even to STT.ai. For workflows that can't let audio touch third-party servers at all, Private Cloud / self-hosting keeps everything on your own infrastructure.
Yes. Live transcription via WebSocket streaming works for Legal Transcription — useful any time you need captions or notes as people speak rather than after the fact.
For Legal Transcription, free users can transcribe files up to 1 hour each; paid plans extend that to 8+ hours per file, which covers most long-form Legal Transcription recordings.
Yes. Word-level and sentence-level timestamps are included on every Legal Transcription transcript and visible in the editor — useful for jumping to a moment, citing audio, or aligning subtitles.
Yes. STT.ai integrates with Slack, Zapier, WordPress, Chrome, MCP (for Claude / Cursor), and any custom workflow via our REST API. Most Legal Transcription teams use two or three of these.
GDPR compliance is built in. For Legal Transcription, client-side encryption on Pro plans covers most confidentiality requirements, and full HIPAA / BAA coverage is available through Private Cloud self-hosting — the recommended path when a signed BAA or air-gapped processing is mandatory.
Yes. After transcribing Legal Transcription audio, the subtitle-translator tool can translate the output into any of 100+ target languages — useful for international audiences or multilingual Legal Transcription teams.
Free tier covers 600 minutes/month — enough for most Legal Transcription workloads. Paid plans start at $5/month and unlock longer files, private transcripts, and priority queueing. API pricing is per-second with no overage fees.