Stenobox - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

Stenobox is transcription software for court reporters — stenographic, digital and electronic — plus legal transcriptionists and small reporting agencies. It converts recorded proceedings into a court-formatted verbatim draft that the reporter reviews against the audio and certifies. The reporter remains the certifying officer.

Input

Accepts MP3, WAV, M4A and common video formats. Audio is extracted from video server-side; the video file itself is never stored. FTR court-recorder material is supported directly: drop in the case folder — .trm segments, the .trs session manifest and the .htm court log — and the segments are ordered by the manifest, stitched into a single recording, and the log is read for participant names and spellings. Multi-hour proceedings are routed automatically to a long-running processing lane.

Recording

Proceedings can be captured in the browser using Chrome or Edge, taking system and microphone audio. A live draft appears as people speak and can be shared with counsel through a private link that expires when the session ends. Recording continues even if the live draft's connection drops, and audio is backed up continuously so a browser crash does not lose the capture.

Formatting

Drafts arrive in court form: Q. and A. with examination headers, named speakers rather than generic labels, 25 numbered lines per page, correct margins and column widths, dates and numbers set by the rules, and standard interruption and stutter notation. Page geometry options include the Federal page to Judicial Conference measurements, the Michigan statutory page, and custom margins. Interpreted proceedings are detected and formatted to the interpreter convention.

Review

Every word is linked to its moment in the audio. Words the system is uncertain of are flagged and play with one click; where two independent passes disagree, both readings are offered and either can be inserted. Speaker checks flag turns where the voice does not match the label. Review tools include USB foot pedal support over WebHID, a compressor for quiet voices, silence skipping, adjustable playback speed, and video kept in sync with the transcript.

Export and interoperability

Word (.docx), plain text, and Court ASCII — the numbered, paginated plain-text format litigation systems and CAT software accept. Exports include the title page, contents page and certificate page. There is no public API and no third-party integrations: Stenobox interoperates by file, and the Court ASCII export and full-draft copy are the routes into Eclipse, Case CATalyst and similar software.

Security and data handling

Runs on Google Cloud infrastructure. Access is enforced per account at the database layer — one reporter per account, no shared workspaces. Uploaded audio is deleted after 30 days by default, or a job can be kept until the reporter deletes it; recordings made in the app are retained until removed. Transcripts and audio are never reused for any other purpose. No HIPAA business associate agreement is offered.

Pricing

$129 a month for 25 audio hours, $199 for 50, or $349 for 100, with $25 buying 5 more hours when a month runs long. Every tool is included on every plan. Month-to-month, cancel anytime, with a 7-day free trial — a card is required and nothing is charged during the trial. One reporter per account, no per-minute metering and no annual commitment.