Video Depositions
Overview
The AI Transcript Summary feature helps you quickly understand the key points of a deposition. It generates three types of summaries—Narrative, Chronological, and Table of Contents—that can be downloaded as .txt files. Summaries provide immediate context for faster review of lengthy transcripts and help you focus on the most important information.
How to Generate AI Transcript Summaries
- Navigate to your Litigation database.
- Open the Deponents tab.
- Select the deposition transcript you want to summarize.
- Click Get Summary.
Summary Types
Once completed, the AI Summary feature generates the following three summary formats:
Each summary type is produced as its own .txt download, making it easy to save, share, and reference during case work.
Narrative Summary
Provides a high-level overview of themes, testimony, and key elements in a cohesive narrative format. This type of summary is helpful for early case strategy discussions or sharing a clear recap with your team.
Chronological Summary
Organizes key events and testimony in the order they occurred. This format is useful when building case timelines, preparing motions, or reconstructing sequences of events.
Table of Contents Summary
Outlines the main topics and themes in the order they appear in the transcript, making it easy to navigate the document and quickly locate sections of interest during deeper review.
AI Transcript Summaries
Nextpoint allows users to export video clips directly from synced video transcripts. Users can export individual clips, multiple clips as separate video files, or a compilation of a series of video clips.
Exported clips can be useful in many situations, such as an opening statement presentation, a replacement for live testimony, or impeachment evidence for a witness. Clips can be created and exported directly within the application with minimal additional effort.
Before you begin
To export video clips, a video transcript must be imported and synced. Additionally, clips can be exported per designation or transcript issue, so at least one designation or transcript issue must be present prior to exporting clips.
Steps to export a video clip:
- Navigate to the “Browse Clips” section on the right-side panel when viewing a transcript.
- Select the designation type or transcript issue you would like to export from the drop-down menu.
- To export an individual designation or transcript issue clip, click the
icon next to the page or line indicator for the clip you would like to export. The clip will assemble and then export to the default download location on your computer. Individually downloaded videos can also be accessed under “More” > “My Downloads.”
- To export multiple designation or transcript issue clips, select the checkbox(es) next to the clip(s) you want to include and click the “Export” link below the clip panel. Select the “Export Clips” radio button, then choose between exporting one “Clip Compilation” (with a brief fade out and fade in between clips) or a set of “Individual” video clips. Clips will appear under “More” > “Data” > “Exports” in your database. You also have the option to export as CSV.
- The total runtime of a series of clips appears above the clip panel next to the word “Runtime.” Selecting all clips (by checking the box above the clip panel) will return the total runtime for all clips included in the selected designation or transcript issue.
Warning
This feature is intended for exporting short clips rather than entire depositions. One limitation of clip exports is that clips cannot span multiple imported videos. If a clip begins in one imported video and continues into another, the export will fail.
As a workaround, the clip can be broken into two parts: one clip from the beginning of the segment through the end of the first video, and a second clip from the beginning of the next video through the end of the segment.
Note
If a clip is not included in the synced video (which is common for introductory material at the beginning of a transcript or notes at the end), the play button and individual export button will not be available for that clip. If such a designation is included in a multi-clip export, it will not appear as a video because no corresponding video exists.
Video Transcript Clip Export
Nextpoint allows you to import and manage deposition transcripts along with their associated videos (if applicable). Below are step-by-step instructions for importing transcripts, videos, and exhibits, as well as guidance on how to work with them throughout the platform.
Follow this link for detailed instructions on uploading deposition transcripts. In summary, navigate to the TRANSCRIPTS tab and click the "Import Transcripts" button.
If the deposition file is stored on your local device, select "Add File From Computer" to upload the deposition (or a .zip file when uploading multiple depositions). If the file has already been uploaded to your File Room, select "Add File From File Room".
Accepted file types include ASCII, PTF, PTX, PDF, LEF, and CMS.
Navigate to the DEPOSITIONS tab and click on the deposition you uploaded (highlighted in blue).
In the upper-right corner, click Transcript Settings.
In the Video Sync Info section, click Import Syncfile.
Use My Device, Dropbox, or your File Room to locate the sync file (accepted file types include dvt/xml, cms, sbf, vid, or svi), then click Import Syncfile.
To upload a video, click the DEPONENTS tab and select the desired deponent transcript. In the upper-right corner, click Transcript Settings > Edit.
In the Video Info section, click Import Video.
Select My Device, Dropbox, or Add File From File Room (accepted file types include mpg, mpeg, mov, mp4, avi, and wmv), then click "Import Video".
Once the video finishes processing, you will have the option to stitch clips together under Deposition Presentation Video. After completing this process, you will be able to watch video clips alongside the transcript text.
You will also see the Theater icon
next to the transcript under the DEPONENTS or PROCEEDINGS tabs.
- For instructions on designating testimony, follow this link.
From the Designations panel on the right side of the page, choose a Folder or Issue from the dropdown. Select a folder marked with an asterisk (*), which indicates active designations.
Click the play icon beneath the desired video designation to begin playback in the upper-right video window. Use the pencil icon to add notes for the clip, or the trash icon to delete the designation.
- Watch Full Screen Video Clips in Theater — follow this link.
Nextpoint Litigation allows you to link exhibits to transcripts in two ways. You can relate a document to a deposition or proceeding transcript, and once related, create hyperlinks within the transcript.
To begin, first import the transcript via the DEPONENTS or PROCEEDINGS tabs. You can then import and relate exhibits using one of the following methods.
Want to learn more about working with transcripts and videos? Contact your Account Director or our Client Support Team at support@nextpoint.com.
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