For freelance court reporters: upload the rough transcript and the audio, and get a page-and-line list of words that do not match the audio, inconsistent names, speaker labels and exhibit references — you accept or reject each one.
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Three-hour deposition, 212 pages. ScopeCheck flags 64 lines: 41 words that differ from the audio, 9 inconsistent spellings of a witness's name, 3 speaker labels, 2 exhibits referenced but missing from the index. The reporter reviews the list in 40 minutes, accepts 38 changes and certifies.
Choose your planAfter a deposition, a freelance court reporter edits the transcript before certifying it: misstrokes that the software did not translate, names spelled three different ways, a question attributed to the wrong attorney, an exhibit mentioned but missing from the index. Many reporters pay a scopist per page for this pass. ScopeCheck does the first pass for you and leaves every decision with you.
You upload the transcript and the audio recording. The service compares what is written with what was said and marks the words that do not match, with their page and line. You listen to the marked spot and decide whether the transcript or the audio is right.
Names and terms are checked across the whole transcript. When a witness's name, a company or a medical term appears in different spellings, all variants are shown together, so you can pick the correct one once and apply it everywhere.
Speaker labels are checked for places where the flow of questions and answers suggests a wrong label, and exhibit references in the testimony are compared with the exhibit index. Each finding is a suggestion with the reason, not a change.
The result is a page-and-line list that you work through in order. Accepted changes can be exported as a list for your CAT software, so you apply them where you already edit. Nothing is changed in your transcript without your decision.
Turnaround is fast: a typical transcript is checked within an hour of upload, so a rush job does not wait for a scopist to become available.
Files are stored in an encrypted account and deleted on the schedule you choose. Only you, and anyone you invite, can see your transcripts.
ScopeCheck is built for freelance reporters who edit their own transcripts, and for small agencies with several reporters. Pricing is monthly, not per page.
You can keep a personal dictionary of names, firms, places and terms that come up often in your work — the attorneys you report for, the courts, the medical and technical vocabulary of your regular cases. Words from the dictionary are not flagged again, and new spellings of known names are flagged right away, which makes each new transcript faster to check. The dictionary can be shared with the other reporters of a small agency, so everyone uses the same spellings for the same firms and witnesses.
ScopeCheck does not certify transcripts. The reporter remains responsible for the transcript and for every change made to it.
Freelance court reporters and small agencies who edit their own transcripts.
No. It flags lines; you accept or reject each suggestion.
Accepted changes are exported as a page-and-line list for your CAT software.
The transcript and the audio recording of the proceeding.
Not yet. The service is in preparation, and we are checking whether reporters need it.