Most legal practices store their records and documents that contain confidential information in a written format. This is because written documents are easier to go back and skim over or review versus their audial counterparts.

Historically, transforming video or audio content into a written format has been a tedious process for everyone in the legal profession.

Modern transcription technology enables audio clips, voice files and court recordings to be transformed into written documents with ease - imagine never having to manually transcribe a deposition, affidavit or legal brief ever again!

The difference between dictation and transcription

Legal transcription refers to the process of converting an audio file to a written document (this is easy to remember if you think of transcribing/transforming!). Dictation, on the other hand, refers to the process of speaking into a recording device for someone to listen to or transcribe later.

Cutting out the middle man

Instead of using old school dictation technology and then passing this on to a transcriber, why wouldn’t you cut out the middle man and try speech to text technology? Simplifying the process equates to saving time, effort and money.

Philips SpeechLive Web Dictation and Transcription Solution is a browser-based workflow service that helps busy legal professionals turn their voice into text quickly and efficiently, from anywhere and anytime.

The cloud-based solution provides its users with reliable and consistent speech-to-text and documentation workflow services. This means that whether users are working from their home, office or on the go, their Web Dictation tool will be available for use.

Philips SpeechLive is a trusted solution because of its all-encompassing data security. Philips has selected Microsoft Azure as their hosting partner for dictation because of their reputable background as the world’s leading enterprise-level provider of a platform for cloud-hosted solutions.

Philips SpeechLive dubs itself the most efficient and accurate speech to text product on the market. It has four key properties:

• Voice recorder: upload or record your audio straight to the web
• Speech to text: automatically convert speech to text
• In house transcription: automatic routing of finalised transcripts
• Transcription service: support from expert transcribers who can transcribe even the most complex recordings

Check out our case study on how ServiceScaler implemented Philip’s SpeechLive into one of Newcastle’s leading and most reputable law firms.

If your firm is struggling with dictation, and you feel like you are fighting a losing battle trying to keep things under control, contact the team at ServiceScaler to learn more about how our dictation solution for Law Firms can help you.