SoniClear Launches RealTime 10: The Future of Court Reporting with Live Transcription

SoniClear Offers Live Digital Transcription for Courts

A new era for court reporting has arrived as RealTime 10 brings AI-powered live transcription to courts, tribal courts, depositions, and government hearings.

LA CANADA, CA, UNITED STATES, September 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- SoniClear, a leading provider of digital court reporting software and government meeting solutions, announced the launch of RealTime 10, AI-powered real-time transcription that marks a turning point for how courts, tribal courts, depositions, and government hearings are documented. Using automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology, RealTime 10 converts spoken words into clear, readable text on screen within 1–2 seconds, with accuracy comparable to traditional steno court reporters.

The launch of RealTime 10 comes as courts nationwide face a growing shortage of traditional court reporters, adding pressure on court staff to keep dockets moving without sacrificing accuracy. The average age of court reporters is 56, according to the National Court Reporters Association, and enrollment in court reporting programs has dropped 74 percent over the past decade, according to a 2025 industry report from the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers (AAERT). SoniClear designed RealTime 10 to help speed the transition from traditional court reporting to digital. Now digital court reporters can produce transcripts in real time, like steno reporters do today, with the assistance of advanced AI technology.

RealTime 10 combines the latest ASR technology with the ability for the court reporter to edit the transcript while in session. Most streaming transcription tools produce text that can only be corrected later. Now speaker attribution and text can be corrected in real time, so every detail of the transcript is captured accurately as the proceedings unfold.

RealTime 10 provides an integrated solution, working in tandem with the SoniClear Court Recorder 10, court recording software that has been used in courts for over 20 years. Now the real-time transcription is captured together with multichannel audio and video, for a highly detailed live record.

RealTime 10 also works as standalone software or an add-on for any existing court recording system, such as FTR, Liberty, and BisDigital court reporting systems, updating any court system to the latest technology regardless of how proceedings are recorded.

Built for Every Role in the Courtroom

• For Judges: See every word as it happens, for quick review of testimony in real time. It also provides confidence that the court record is being preserved for future review.

• For Court Clerks: Verify the recording visually as it happens. Monitor transcripts to confirm accurate digital recording when court reporters aren’t present.

• For Digital Court Reporters: Stay focused on the courtroom to capture every detail. Make immediate corrections to the transcript, take notes, and provide quick, accurate readbacks whenever needed.

• For Steno & Voice Reporters: RealTime 10 keeps a full backup transcript on-screen even if CAT machine writing falls behind.

Key Features

• High-Quality Transcription: Uses the latest AI transcription technology for the most accurate real-time transcription possible.

• Live Editing: Correct wording and speaker attribution immediately, while the proceeding is still happening. The on-screen transcript can be corrected in real time, making it more reliable than a rough draft.

• Automatic Speaker Attribution: Voices are identified by order of appearance from the start.

• Three Working Views: Switch between Live, Edit, and Final Draft views of the same session.

• Easy Readbacks: The Edit view organizes text by speaker turn, with full-text search to find any word instantly.

• Note Taking: Freeform notes and pre-defined Markers for identifying who is speaking, annotating spellings, entering exhibit markings, and other details.

• Flexible Export: Export any view as a text file: a rough ASCII draft with line and page numbers, or a clean version for word processing.

• Multilingual Support: Transcribes in ten languages, including simultaneous English and Spanish.

How It Works

RealTime 10 runs on any Windows 11 computer. It sends audio to secure cloud-based Transcription Servers, with text returned to the screen in 1–2 seconds. All data is encrypted to the highest security standards. Information remains confidential and SoniClear has no access to the audio or transcript. The completed transcript resides solely on the computer in the room. On-site hosted transcription is available for high-volume or high-security projects.

To Learn More

SoniClear RealTime 10 is available immediately. For more details, visit the RealTime 10 product page or contact SoniClear at 626-584-9706.

Lynn Rawden
SoniClear
+1 626-768-0007
lynn@soniclear.com
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