How SmartDepo Works

Upload a transcript. Get a summary in under five minutes. Then question every deposition in the case and trace each answer back to the record.

Three steps, from summary to strategy

The deposition is only the starting point.

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Upload the transcript

Depositions, hearings, trials, examinations under oath, arbitrations — PDF or TXT files. We handle complex formatting and timestamps.

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Get the summary

Delivered in under 5 minutes, with hyperlinked page/line citations, reviewed by a legal professional before it reaches you.

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Analyze the whole case

Ask questions across every transcript, build custom memos, and surface contradictions with each answer cited to the exact page/line.

Every transcript in the case, working together

Every summary you complete joins the case. Ask your own questions, build memos around your issues, and pull what you need straight into the brief you're writing.

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Ask Across Case Testimony

Ask what you'd ask an associate who had read everything. Every answer carries a citation you can open and check.

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Contradiction Finder

Divergence between two witnesses, or one witness across sessions. Both passages shown, both cited.

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Evasive Or Hostile Testimony

Flags hedging, deflection, and non-answers. Often where the cross material is.

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Objections Analysis

Objections identified and categorized with citations, for preparing designations.

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Custom Memos

Tell it the case type and the issues you're building. The memo organizes around those, not a template.

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Key Admission Heat Map

Testimony scored by significance and shown visually, so you know what deserves a close read before you open it.

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Exhibit Extraction

Every exhibit cataloged and linked to where it was introduced.

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Transcript Viewer

The full transcript beside your work, with synced highlighting and search.

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Anatomy of a SmartDepo Deposition Summary

Let’s break down exactly what you get with a sample deposition summary:
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Inside a SmartDepo summary

The entire transcript, organized the way legal teams actually need. Reviewed by a legal professional, back in under 5 minutes.

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Page/Line Summary With Table of Contents

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Detailed overview organized by topic (1/5 - 1/10 the length of original)

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Hyperlinked table of contents for easy navigation

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100% accurate page/line citations linking to source dialogue

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Topics broken down with precision (not generic 6-page chunks)

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Key Admissions Analysis

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1-5 pages of crucial admissions extracted using the complaint

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Ready-to-use for case strategy and motion preparation

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Court-submission ready citations

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Deposition Abstract

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Brief overview of the entire deposition

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Quick reference for case review and team briefings

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Executive summary format

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Deposition Memo (Thematic Organization)

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High-level analysis organized around key legal and factual issues

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Highlights 10-20 most important themes discussed

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Issue-based rather than chronological organization

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Where the accuracy comes from

Patent-pending technology, human review, and citations you can check in seconds.

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Precise citations

Broad citations send you back into the transcript. Narrow ones strip the context. Patent-pending segmentation links to the right dialogue.

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Grounded in the record

Legal-specific models draw only from the original transcript. No outside sources, no filled gaps, every entry hyperlinked for verification.

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Humans in the loop

Every document is reviewed before delivery by legal professionals who understand the nuances of testimony and procedural context.

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Accurate text extraction

Complex formatting and embedded timestamps handled, parsing problems fixed. Nothing lost between upload and delivery.

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Easy to navigate

A hyperlinked table of contents takes you to any section, and page/line citations link to the source dialogue. No scrolling three hundred pages.

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Start a free trial, order a summary, and see what SmartDepo's platform can do with the whole case in one place.

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SmartDepo FAQ

Pricing, accuracy, security, and what happens to your deposition transcripts.

What Is SmartDepo?

SmartDepo provides page/line deposition summaries with 100% accurate citations, reviewed by legal professionals before delivery. In addition, we just launched a brand new deposition analysis platform where those completed summaries come together, so you can question every deposition in a case at once.

What do I get with each summary?

With each summary  you get: a Page/Line Summary organized by topic at one-fifth to one-tenth the transcript length, a Key Admissions Analysis, a Deposition Abstract, and a Deposition Memo organized by legal and factual issue. All with hyperlinked citations to the source dialogue.

What transcripts can I submit?

PDF or TXT of any length. Multi-witness depositions, hearings, trials, examinations under oath, arbitrations, and any legal transcript carrying page and line numbers. We handle complex formatting and timestamps and fix parsing problems at no charge.

We cannot currently process condensed transcripts or scanned PDF images. If your file will not upload, that is usually why.

What can I do on the platform?

Ask questions across every summarized transcript in the case, build memos around your case type and issues, surface contradictions between witnesses, and jump straight to the testimony that matters. Every answer carries a page/line citation.

Are SmartDepo summaries accurate?

The citations are guaranteed. Every page/line citation resolves to the exact page and line in the source transcript, on every summary, reviewed by a legal professional.

The analysis is generally accurate and backed by internal quality checks, but testimony can be vague, ambiguous, or poorly phrased, and AI can misread it. Review the work product carefully before relying on it in a filing.

How long does a summary take?

Most come back in under 5 minutes.

Do I need a summary to use the platform?

Yes. The platform reads your completed summaries, so a deposition has to be summarized before you can question it. The more of the case you have summarized, the more the platform can tell you.

How does pricing work?

Two ways to buy. A SmartDepo Platform subscription is $99 per user per month and includes summaries at a flat $25 each, no matter how many you order. Subscribing locks in that rate and adds the platform on top.

Or buy summaries one at a time with no subscription and no monthly fee: $85 each for your first nine, $75 each from 10 to 19, $65 each from 20 to 30, $55 each from 31 to 40, and $50 eacg at 41 and above. Summaries are yours to download and keep either way. The platform requires a subscription.

Is my data secure and confidential?

Yes. Your transcripts and summaries are encrypted in transit and at rest, and are never used to train or fine-tune third-party AI models. We keep them only to give you access to your own files, never for any other purpose.

You control retention. Files stay until you delete them, and when you do, every associated document is removed from our servers within 48 hours.