Skribe

What Skribe is

Skribe is a web platform for capturing, searching, analyzing, and sharing legal testimony. It serves attorneys and paralegals with options for working with existing recordings or conducting depositions. Automated speech recognition creates rough transcripts, which professional transcriptionists proofread for final transcripts. Users can search testimony and create and share video clips. Skribe also uses Anthropic for post-event analysis and question answering; it says customer information is not used for external training or shared with third parties for this purpose.

Library supports audio and video uploads, rough transcripts, synced video-to-text, and clips. Link can join a Zoom deposition even when the user is not the host, with an AI rough transcript and HD video; a human-reviewed final transcript is an upgrade. Live is powered by Zoom and includes a Digital Reporter to swear in the witness, track exhibits, and help manage the proceeding. Live provides a same-day rough transcript and a human-verified final transcript in 5–7 days. Final transcripts include a sworn declaration attesting that the record is accurate and word-for-word. Skribe’s privacy policy describes 128-bit SSL encryption for personal information in transit. It says personal information may be stored indefinitely unless the user requests removal.

Who it suits

Skribe is aimed at litigators and serves attorneys and paralegals who need to manage testimony, depositions, or recordings. Library is suited to working with existing media, while Link and Live cover Zoom depositions.

Limits

Library costs $99, paid once, billed at $99 per hour. Link costs $129, paid once, billed at $129 per hour; a human-reviewed final transcript is an upgrade. Live costs $379, paid once, billed at $379 per record hour with a 1-hour minimum and 6-minute billing increments; cancellation with less than 24 hours’ notice or a no-show incurs a $99 fee.

Getting started

1. Visit Skribe’s website and choose Library, Link, or Live.
2. For Library, upload supported audio or video to work with transcripts and clips.
3. For Link or Live, use a computer with a webcam, microphone, and speakers.
4. For a Skribe call, Skribe suggests at least 50 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload.
5. For Zoom depositions, use Link to join even when you are not the host, or choose Live, which is powered by Zoom.

Verdict

Choose Skribe if you need tools to record or review legal testimony, search it, and share clips, with options for rough and human-reviewed transcripts. Consider another approach if non-stenographic depositions are not permitted in your state or if Live’s minimum and cancellation terms do not suit your proceeding.