Communications and content platform

Abstract

A system and method that overcomes technological hurdles related to litigation-related management is disclosed. The technological hurdles were overcome with industry-transformative innovations in in-person, hybrid, and remote legal proceedings; court reporting; testimony management; trial preparation; and utilization of video evidence, to name several. These innovations resulted in many advantages, such as could-based testimony management, scalable digital transformation, dramatic savings in litigation costs, and fast turn-around on certified transcripts, to name several.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 identifying speakers in an audio recording;   sorting speakers into respective channels;   creating a rough, wherein a channel of the respective channels has one or more associated segments;   employing multiple human agents simultaneously for multiple respective segments of the rough, wherein each respective segment of the multiple respective segments includes an associated segment of the one or more associated segments of the respective channels;   obtaining edited segments of the rough;   merging the edited segments into an augmented session transcript;   creating a virtual briefcase that includes the augmented session transcript.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  comprising initiating a session during which the audio recording is created, including performing sampling at greater than 16 kHz. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  comprising capturing session metadata at a location at which the audio recording is created in a speaking environment, including considering characteristics of the speaking environment. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  comprising converting speech to text to create the rough, including one or more of flagging lines of testimony, editing tags or notes, creating synchronized media clips, and providing a confidence score for a portion of the text. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  comprising considering competencies of the human agents when matching the human agents to a segment, wherein matching the human agents to a segment includes comparing the competencies of the human agents to a word cloud derived from the segment. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  comprising employing one or more of the multiple human agents while the rough is being created, wherein the employment can continue after the rough is complete. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  comprising employing the multiple human agents after the rough is created, wherein an editing platform enables greater than 1x playback, dead air skipping, and slowdown for questionable words. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  comprising searching the rough while the rough is being created. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  comprising searching the augmented session transcript, wherein the augmented session transcript is editable to do one or more of identify unsynchronized events as related, synchronize sounds to play in tandem, receive corrections for incorrect camera timestamps, matched to unwatched audio, incorporate environmental factors, and use an audio cue as a clapper. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1  comprising uploading, centralizing, and organizing exhibits in the virtual briefcase. 
     
     
         11 . A system comprising:
 a transcription engine configured to:
 identify speakers in an audio recording; 
 sort speakers into respective channels; 
 create a rough, wherein a channel of the respective channels has one or more associated segments; 
   a simultaneous human agent employment engine configured to employ multiple human agents simultaneously for multiple respective segments of the rough, wherein each respective segment of the multiple respective segments includes an associated segment of the one or more associated segments of the respective channels;   an editing platform configured to:
 obtain edited segments of the rough; 
 merge the edited segments into an augmented session transcript; 
   an exhibit management engine configured to create a virtual briefcase that includes the augmented session transcript.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11  comprising a high-quality high definition (HD) video device used when initiating a session during which the audio recording is created. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11  comprising a high-quality high definition (HD) video device configured to capture session metadata at a location at which the audio recording is created in a speaking environment. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the transcription engine is configured to convert speech to text to create the rough, including one or more of flagging lines of testimony, editing tags or notes, creating synchronized media clips, and providing a confidence score for a portion of the text. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the simultaneous human agent employment engine considers competencies of the human agents when matching the human agents to a segment, wherein matching the human agents to a segment includes comparing the competencies of the human agents to a word cloud derived from the segment. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the simultaneous human agent employment engine employs one or more of the multiple human agents while the rough is being created, wherein the employment can continue after the rough is complete. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the simultaneous human agent employment engine employs the multiple human agents after the rough is created, wherein an editing platform enables greater than 1x playback, dead air skipping, and slowdown for questionable words. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the editing platform is configured to facilitate searching the rough while the rough is being created. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the exhibit management engine is configured to facilitate searching the augmented session transcript, wherein the augmented session transcript is editable to do one or more of identify unsynchronized events as related, synchronize sounds to play in tandem, receive corrections for incorrect camera timestamps, matched to unwatched audio, incorporate environmental factors, and use an audio cue as a clapper. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the exhibit management engine is configured to facilitate uploading, centralizing, and organizing exhibits in the virtual briefcase.