In a recent media interview, a spokesperson for the Queensland Law Society suggested that outsourcing court reporting in Queensland had pushed up the price of justice such that transcripts can cost defendants in Queensland criminal matters up to $300 or $400 an hour. I'd like to clarify this reference is made in regard to audio hours - that is, the... Read More
Auscript’s contract to provide transcription services to Queensland courts is saving taxpayers millions of dollars each year, while delivering transcripts faster and with independently certified accuracy. Auscript Managing Director Peter Wyatt said the shift to a user-pays model for transcripts was relieving taxpayers of the cost of subsidising private legal matters and some criminal appeals. However, he said parties to criminal matters still received... Read More
Australian company Record Holdings, owner of software development house Court Record Solutions (CRS) and Australian recording and transcription firm Auscript, has today executed an agreement to purchase the world leader in evidence recording technology ForTheRecord (FTR) from MelbourneIT. This new acquisition will expand development on the industry-standard ForTheRecord software suite and lead to powerful integrations with Court Record Solutions’ next-generation... Read More
Fast becoming the world’s largest digital court reporting firm, Auscript has won a major contract to undertake recording and transcription services for the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General. Under the terms of the contract announced today, Brisbane-based Auscript will provide exclusive services for the Queensland Government for six years with options to extend for a further four years. It means... Read More
Court technology companies ForTheRecord (FTR) and Court Record Solutions (CRS) have signed an exclusive agreement to integrate their products into an end-to-end record production, management and access system. Court Record Solutions is the sister company of Auscript – Australia’s most trusted transcription provider and the official provider of court reporting services to numerous commonwealth courts and tribunals throughout Australia. The collaboration leverages... Read More
The introduction of an interactive online court transcript ordering service, complete with order management, will see regular and one-off users of Auscript's court transcription services create, track and trace their transcript jobs without having to lift a finger from their keyboards. The MyAuscript initiative has been a long-time goal for Auscript's two founders CEO and Managing Director Peter Wyatt and... Read More
