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10 toolsLegal dictation, transcription and meeting-notes tools that turn speech, calls and hearings into accurate text.
The 10 tools here split into two kinds. Five are dictation products with legal speech recognition: Dragon Legal Anywhere, with a legal vocabulary and automatic citation formatting; BigHand Professional, which bundles dictation, speech recognition and a mobile app for firms under 50 people; and OM SYSTEM ODMS Cloud, which routes recorder dictations to typists with an optional Speech Recognition Package, all three priced by quote; Philips SpeechLive, which posts legal plans per user billed annually at $21.90 for Workflow, $47.80 for Legal Direct and $54.00 for the Legal AI Assistant; and Voibe, with a free tier, dictation at $99/yr per seat and meeting notes on Voibe Work at $149/yr per seat. Five transcribe depositions, hearings and recorded evidence: Rev, with a free plan, Essentials at $25.49 per seat/mo billed annually and legal transcripts à la carte from $2.25/page; Sonix Legal at $880/yr for one user, or $10/hour pay as you go; GoTranscript at $35.00/mo for 2,100 AI minutes; TranscribeMe, with self-serve automated transcription at $0.07 per audio minute and legal transcription by quote; and Verbit, priced by quote.
Across the set the AI converts speech to text with a vocabulary trained on legal terms, formats citations as you dictate, adds speaker labels, summaries and chapters to a recording, answers questions across a case's files with citations and, in Verbit's Legal Visor, flags inconsistencies in real time during testimony; several pair the AI draft with human review for the certified transcript. Six of the 10 post a price, from free tiers at Rev and Voibe and $0.07 per audio minute to $880/yr, and four are quoted; every figure was read on the vendor's own site on October 31, 2026. Three of the 10 vendors post that client data is not used to train their AI models and name a standard: Rev and Sonix Legal name SOC 2 Type II, and Philips SpeechLive names ISO 27001; BigHand Professional and Verbit post SOC 2 and ISO 27001 statements but no statement about training. Sonix Legal is the one tool here that lists Clio as an integration, sending transcripts to it in one click; Rev folds SmartDepo deposition summaries into its legal offering, and Philips SpeechLive lists iManage.
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Feature your toolCloud dictation bundle for firms under 50 people that transcribes dictations with BigHand Speech Recognition and routes them to the right person via the BigHand Go app.
AI: BigHand Speech Recognition
Cloud speech recognition that dictates contracts, briefs and letters with a legal vocabulary, automatic citation formatting and voice commands for standard clauses.
AI: Nuance Deep Learning speech recognition, legal vocabulary, automatic citation formatting, Anchor Dictation Focus, Dragon Anywhere Mobile
Transcription for hearings, depositions and mediations with instant AI drafts, a meeting bot for Zoom, Teams and Google Meet and per-minute human transcription.
AI: AI Transcriptions, Automatic Meeting Transcription bot, Proofreading API
Cloud dictation workflow that routes OM SYSTEM recorder and smartphone-app dictations to typists, with an optional Speech Recognition Package that converts them to text.
AI: ODMS Cloud Speech Recognition Package (Microsoft Azure AI, automatic punctuation, legal document templates)
Cloud dictation workflow with legal speech recognition, dictation at the cursor and multi-speaker transcription, plus a Legal AI Assistant plan for document drafts.
AI: Legal AI Assistant, legal speech recognition, AI-assisted transcription and summaries
Transcribes audio and video evidence and runs cited analysis across case files, with legal-formatted transcripts sold per page and AI templates for chronologies.
AI: Multi-File Evidence Analysis, AI Templates, Image Analysis, Document Editor (Beta), Transcript Editor & Clipping, AI transcription
Legal edition of a self-serve transcription service with real-time deposition transcripts, AI summaries, cited case-wide Q&A and one-click sending of transcripts to Clio.
AI: AI Transcription, AI Translation, AI Analysis (summaries and chapters), AI deposition summaries, case-wide Q&A, UFDR Analysis
Pairs AI speech recognition with human review to transcribe depositions, interviews and recorded evidence, with output for MAXScribe, CaseCatalyst and YesLaw.
AI: AI Formatted Legal Transcripts, Automated (Machine) Transcription
Transcription for law firms and courts: live deposition capture, AI rough drafts in 24 hours, certified final transcripts and Legal Visor insights during testimony.
AI: Gen.V, Legal Visor, Legal ASR, matter glossaries, Verbit Translate Post
Dictation and meeting-notes app that dictates into any app, including Clio, runs on-device on Apple Silicon Macs and adds AI meeting summaries on its Work tier.
AI: On-device AI dictation, Memory custom legal vocabulary, Voibe Work AI meeting notes, AI summaries, Chat with your meetings
6 of the 10 tools post a price; 4 are quote-based (priced to your business after a demo). Posted prices: GoTranscript $35/mo; Philips SpeechLive $47.80/user/mo; Rev free plan, then $25.49/seat/mo; Sonix Legal $10/hour; TranscribeMe $0.07/minute; Voibe free plan, then $99/seat/yr.
Free trial: BigHand Professional, GoTranscript, OM SYSTEM ODMS Cloud, Philips SpeechLive and Sonix Legal. Free plan: Rev and Voibe. The other 3 start with a demo or a quick signup.
BigHand Professional, Dragon Legal Anywhere, GoTranscript, OM SYSTEM ODMS Cloud, Philips SpeechLive, Rev, Sonix Legal, TranscribeMe, Verbit and Voibe are listed as a fit for a solo attorney.
Tools that name the segment on their own site: Solo attorneys 10; Small law firms 10; Criminal defense practices 2.
3 of the 10 post a statement that client data is not used to train AI models and name a security standard: Philips SpeechLive (ISO 27001; ISO 9001; HIPAA); Rev (SOC 2 Type II; HIPAA; CJIS); Sonix Legal (SOC 2 Type II; HIPAA). The other 7 have no such statement posted on the vendor's site, which is not the same as training on your data; ask before you buy.
Listings that name an integration or platform: Dragon Legal Anywhere (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, Citrix, VMware virtual desktops); GoTranscript (Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, REST API); OM SYSTEM ODMS Cloud (foot pedals); Philips SpeechLive (iManage); Sonix Legal (Clio, Zapier, Zoom, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive); TranscribeMe (Stenograph MAXScribe, CaseCatalyst, YesLaw, API); Verbit (Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Relativity, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive); Voibe (Clio). Integrations change often; confirm with the vendor before you buy.
On Oct 31, 2026, against each vendor's own site and pricing page. Vendors change plans often; anything a reader or vendor flags is fixed, usually the same day. Corrections: support@aiforlawpractices.com.