Absolutely! In 1993, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 30 (b) (3) were amended to allow for non-stenographic depositions, meaning no shorthand reporter or stenography. The majority of states have followed suit, adapting their laws to permit audio or video recordings to serve as the official record. Check out our Admissibility page for a full list of states that allow for non-stenographic depositions.

Yes. Skribe’s human-proofread transcripts are 99% accurate. To put that in perspective, the National Court Reporters’ Association’s website, stenographers can be certified by achieving a 95% accuracy rate. This means that even under the best conditions, there’s an inherent 5% margin of error with traditional stenography.

Skribe is a software platform that empowers legal professionals to non-stenographically capture their own legal testimony. Using modern software and technology, attorneys and their teams can now record and transcribe legal testimony without the hassle and expense of stenographers or videographers

No. Skribe.ai focuses on certifying non-stenographic video records as the official deposition record. For our Live offering, we include same-day AI-generated rough transcripts in sync with the video, followed by professionally proofread transcripts within one week for added reference. These final, professionally proofread transcripts meet or exceed the quality of stenographic transcripts. These final transcripts are supplementary tools accompanying the official, non-stenographic video record.