Deposition Summaries Overview

The Deposition Summaries tool is designed to speed up your workflow by providing an AI generated summary of your transcript. You'll have the option to view two different formats: page-line, which provides a chronological summary of the proceeding, or narrative, which groups relevant topics together.

In addition to the summary, you'll be able to search through your transcripts using exact keyword match or semantic search, and add your own notes/highlights.

Getting Started - How to Use Deposition Summaries

Users can either import a PDF file or a TXT file from their court reporter following the formatting requirements below:

1. Ensure you have the correct file type and format
   1. File format: Transcripts should be provided in a PDF or .TXT format, also commonly referred to as "ASCII" by court reporters.
   2. Formatting requirements: To facilitate a successful import, transcripts must conform to the below formatting criteria, which align with industry standards:
• Page numbers must be integer-based (e.g. Page 1, 1, 0001) and can be positioned in the header or footer. They may be right-justified, with a prefix like “p”, “p.”, “Page”, “PAGE”, or left-justified in a ‘page:line’ format (e.g. 002:01) or in ‘page’ format with zero padding, where the page is represented with at least 4 digits (e.g. 0001 or 0022).
• Line numbers are mandatory for all spoken segments of the transcript, with at least one whitespace character separating each line number from the text.
• The transcript must clearly delineate Question and Answer (Q/A) pairs for all spoken portions, with the Q and A labels distinctly separated from the transcript text by multiple spaces, a colon, or a dot.
• No timestamps should be included in the margins.
• Deponent, Court Reporter or any other information (e.g. ABC Court Reporters (800) 555-1212) should not appear in the header or footer of each page.
2. Log in to your account at https://www.depositionsummaries.ai/
3. Import your transcript
   1. Drag and drop the .TXT file
   2. Click on the purple download button to select a file or drag and drop a file into the designated box

4. Click Generate summary for $30.00

5. As soon as the upload is complete, it will appear under Recent uploads.

7. Click on the relevant file to access the transcript and summary. You'll be brought to the viewer, with the transcript on the left and the summary on the right.

8. Hover your mouse over the summary, and you will be able to scroll through it.