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| Feature | Shearwater Transcriber |
FTR Player |
Liberty Court Recorder |
SoniClear Court Recorder |
Philips SpeechExec Pro |
Sonix | Rev | Trint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose & format | ||||||||
| Built-in AI transcription | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Cloud add-on | Dictation only | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Plays FTR/TRM court recordings | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Purpose-built for legal transcription | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | General use | General use | Media / journalism |
| Multi-channel audio mixer | ✓ | Basic | Recording only | Recording only | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Foot pedal support | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Privacy & security | ||||||||
| Local processing — no cloud | ✓ | ✓ | Cloud for AI | ✓ | Cloud processing | Cloud processing | Cloud processing | Cloud processing |
| No internet required | ✓ | ✓ | Required for AI | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Privacy Act 1988 compliant | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | US company | EU / US company | US / SOC 2 | US company | US company |
| Australian-owned & operated | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Audio quality | ||||||||
| Auto Level — LUFS normalisation | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Spike Reduction | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Variable speed playback | ✓ | ✓ | Basic | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Output & workflow | ||||||||
| Word-ready DOCX output | ✓ | ✗ | Via cloud only | ✓ | Export only | Export only | Export only | Export only |
| No usage caps or minute limits | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Per-hour fees | Pay per minute | 7 files/mo cap | Usage caps apply |
| Queue multiple files | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Compact floating player | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Pricing | ||||||||
| Annual price (AUD approx.) 1 | $299/yrinc. GST · 2 seats | Freeplayback only | Enterprisecustom quote | Enterprisecustom quote | ~$155/yrdictation only | ~$10/hrcloud · pay-per-use | ~$23/hr AI~$185/hr human · cloud | ~$1,450+/yrcloud · media focus |
1 Competitor pricing is approximate, based on publicly available information at time of publication, and subject to change. Feature information is based on published product specifications. Shearwater Transcriber is a product of CalGen.AI by Bradley Reporting.
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Every jurisdiction has its shorthand. "Sen. Const." rather than "Senior Constable." "Your Honour" rather than "your honor." Counsel abbreviations, exhibit prefixes, the spelling of regular witnesses and frequently cited matters. Export Corrections is a persistent find-and-replace list kept in Shearwater’s Settings. Add your rules once and they apply automatically to every DOCX and TXT export from that point forward — no manual find-and-replace after each job. Built because court reporters and captioners shouldn’t have to correct the same names twenty times a week.
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