Getting Started with Rev Legal for Court Transcripts

This guide is for Rev’s legal transcription service, which produces court transcripts of depositions, hearings and other legal proceedings for court reporting agencies, law firms and other legal professionals. Legal transcripts include legal formatting, such as Q&A formatting and bylines. Ready to Certify transcripts also include cover pages and certification pages. Legal transcripts are priced per page and are ordered from a Rev account set up for legal transcription.

Legal transcription is separate from Rev’s standard transcription service, which is priced per minute and doesn’t include legal formatting. If you need a regular transcript of an interview, meeting or other recording, see Placing An Order instead.

This guide covers creating a legal transcription account, the four legal transcript service levels and finding your way around your account.

 

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Create a Legal Transcription Account

Legal transcripts are ordered from a Rev account set up for legal transcription. You can’t add legal transcription to an existing standard Rev account, so you’ll need a separate account for legal transcripts.

  1. Go to Rev’s Self-Serve Court Transcripts page and click Get Started.
  2. Create your account. You’ll receive a welcome email.
  3. Sign in. You’ll land on My Files, where you order and manage your legal transcripts.

Ready to Certify Premium is available only on Enterprise/Unlimited accounts. To set it up, Contact Sales.

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Legal Transcript Service Levels

Rev offers four levels of legal transcript. All of them include legal formatting, and all are priced per page.

  • Instant Rough Draft ($0.35 per page): An AI-generated legal transcript with Q&A formatting and bylines, delivered in about 30 minutes. It isn’t reviewed by a person, so it’s best for quick reference or internal drafts.
  • Human Rough Draft ($2.25 per page): An AI transcript reviewed by trained legal transcriptionists for 99% accuracy, with consistent speaker labels, Q&A formatting and bylines. Standard delivery is three business days.
  • Ready to Certify ($2.50 per page): A court-ready transcript with 99.7% accuracy, using Rev’s standard jurisdiction templates with cover pages and certification pages. It’s ready for the court reporter’s final review, signature and filing. Rev doesn’t certify transcripts. Standard delivery is five business days.
  • Ready to Certify Premium ($3.25 per page, Enterprise/Unlimited only): A court-ready transcript with the highest level of proofing (99.97% accuracy) and formatting customized to your requirements. Rev can use backup audio to resolve unclear sections. Delivery ranges from same day to five business days.

Accounts with a contract may have custom pricing or turnaround.

Faster delivery: For Human Rough Draft and Ready to Certify, you can pick an earlier delivery date at checkout, as early as the same day, for an extra fee. The price depends on the date you choose, and which dates are available depends on file length, order size and the time of day you order.

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Find Your Way Around Your Legal Account

When you sign in to your legal transcription account, you’ll land on My Files:

  • Order Legal Transcript: Click this button in the upper-right corner to start a new legal transcript order. For step-by-step instructions, see Uploading Files & Ordering Court Transcripts with Rev Legal.
  • My Files: Shows your legal transcript orders, both in progress and completed, and your folders.
  • Left sidebar: Use it to move between workspaces and folders.
  • Account menu: In the upper-right corner, open your account settings and support options.
Rev legal transcription account on the My Files page, with the Order Legal Transcript button in the upper right and workspaces in the left sidebar

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Video Guide

This video, How to Get Started with Court Transcripts, shows the four legal transcript service levels and how to place your first legal transcript order.

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