For The Record (FTR)

Name: For The Record (FTR)
Author: For The Record

by For The Record

Court recording platform widely deployed across US, UK and Australian court systems.

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TL;DR

Best for courts and tribunals digitising the official record with optional AI transcription. Pricing: enterprise · contact sales.

What it is

FTR is one of the largest digital court recording vendors, used in courtrooms across multiple countries. Its newer cloud-based recording and transcription products fold ASR into the official-record workflow.

Best for: Courts and tribunals digitising the official record with optional AI transcription.
Watch out for: Government procurement cycles; transcription is partly a partner ecosystem.

Install / use

Go to For The Record (FTR) fortherecord.com

Features

Speaker diarization	No
Word-level timestamps	Yes
Streaming / real-time	Yes
Languages supported	None
HIPAA eligible	No

For The Record (FTR) vs Whipscribe

Feature	For The Record (FTR)	Whipscribe
Category	Products	Transcription APIs
Pricing	Not verified	$4–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · $2 single unlock · 60 min free on signup
Speaker diarization	Not verified	Yes
Word timestamps	Not verified	Yes
Streaming	Not verified	No
Languages	—	99
Platforms	Windows, Web	Web, API, MCP

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