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Deposition summaries with AI

Give an AI your deposition transcript with the cites intact

A summary helps a lawyer only if every statement can be checked. When the transcript carries a page and line on every line, an assistant can be told to cite them, and you can look each cite up. First, the question that comes before any of that.

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Page 1front matter
  1. IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  2. FOR THE DISTRICT OF EXAMPLE
  4. HARBOR POINT LOGISTICS, INC.,
  5. Plaintiff,
  6. vs. Civil Action No.
  7. 1:24-cv-01234
  8. NORTHGATE FREIGHT, LLC,
  9. Defendant.
  10. ______________________________
  12. VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF
  13. JOHN A. SMITH
  14. Taken on behalf of the Plaintiff
  15. June 14, 2024
  16. 10:02 a.m.
  18. Example City, Example State
  23. Reporter: Dana R. Whitfield, CSR
  24. Example Reporting Group
  25. (555) 010-0100
Page 2
  1. FOR THE PLAINTIFF: AMARA OKAFOR, ESQ.
  2. FOR THE DEFENDANT: DANIEL BAKER, ESQ.
  3. ALSO PRESENT: LEE PARK, VIDEOGRAPHER
  4. JOHN A. SMITH,
  5. having been first duly sworn, was examined and
  6. testified as follows:
  7. EXAMINATION
  8. BY MS. OKAFOR:
  9. Q. Good morning, Mr. Smith. Please state your full
  10. name for the record.
  11. A. John Allen Smith.
  12. Q. And where are you employed?
  13. A. I am the director of operations at Northgate
  14. Freight, LLC.
  15. Q. How long have you held that position?
  16. A. Since March of 2019. Before that I was a regional
  17. dispatch manager for about six years.
  18. Q. I am handing you what has been marked as Exhibit 1.
  19. Do you recognize it?
  20. A. Yes. That is the master transportation agreement
  21. between Northgate and Harbor Point.
  22. Q. Did you sign that agreement on behalf of Northgate?
  23. A. I did, on June 3, 2022.
  24. MR. BAKER: Objection. Form. You can answer.
  25. THE WITNESS: I signed it after our legal department had
Page 3
  1. reviewed the schedules.
  2. Q. Did you personally read Schedule B, the temperature
  3. requirements, before you signed?
  4. A. I skimmed it. I relied on legal and on our
  5. operations team for the details.
  6. Q. Who on the operations team?
  7. A. Our compliance lead, Priya Nair, and the lane
  8. managers.
  9. Q. What was your understanding of the temperature
  10. requirement for refrigerated loads?
  11. A. That trailers had to hold between thirty-four and
  12. thirty-eight degrees for the entire transit.
  13. Q. Was that understanding communicated to your
  14. drivers?
  15. A. It was in the dispatch notes for every refrigerated
  16. load, and drivers acknowledged the notes on their
  17. handhelds.
  18. Q. Were those acknowledgments retained?
  19. A. For ninety days. After that they roll off the
  20. system.
  21. Q. Who had access to those records during the ninety
  22. days?
  23. A. Dispatch, the lane managers and compliance. Drivers
  24. could see only their own acknowledgments.
  25. Q. Who had the authority to turn that access off?
# Deposition of John A. Smith

Cite as Smith Dep. page:line, for example Smith Dep. 45:12–46:3. Pages 1–3, 25 numbered lines per page. Converted from a PDF by software: check every quotation against the certified transcript before you rely on it.

## Page 1 (front matter, not in turns index)

1:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
1:2 FOR THE DISTRICT OF EXAMPLE
1:3
1:4 HARBOR POINT LOGISTICS, INC.,
1:5 Plaintiff,
1:6 vs. Civil Action No.
1:7 1:24-cv-01234
1:8 NORTHGATE FREIGHT, LLC,
1:9 Defendant.
1:10 ______________________________
1:11
1:12 VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF
1:13 JOHN A. SMITH
1:14 Taken on behalf of the Plaintiff
1:15 June 14, 2024
1:16 10:02 a.m.
1:17
1:18 Example City, Example State
1:19
1:20
1:21
1:22
1:23 Reporter: Dana R. Whitfield, CSR
1:24 Example Reporting Group
1:25 (555) 010-0100

## Page 2

2:1 FOR THE PLAINTIFF: AMARA OKAFOR, ESQ.
2:2 FOR THE DEFENDANT: DANIEL BAKER, ESQ.
2:3 ALSO PRESENT: LEE PARK, VIDEOGRAPHER
2:4 JOHN A. SMITH,
2:5 having been first duly sworn, was examined and
2:6 testified as follows:

2:7 EXAMINATION

2:8 BY MS. OKAFOR:

2:9 Q. Good morning, Mr. Smith. Please state your full
2:10 name for the record.

2:11 A. John Allen Smith.

2:12 Q. And where are you employed?

2:13 A. I am the director of operations at Northgate
2:14 Freight, LLC.

2:15 Q. How long have you held that position?

2:16 A. Since March of 2019. Before that I was a regional
2:17 dispatch manager for about six years.

2:18 Q. I am handing you what has been marked as Exhibit 1.
2:19 Do you recognize it?

2:20 A. Yes. That is the master transportation agreement
2:21 between Northgate and Harbor Point.

2:22 Q. Did you sign that agreement on behalf of Northgate?

2:23 A. I did, on June 3, 2022.

2:24 MR. BAKER: Objection. Form. You can answer.

2:25 THE WITNESS: I signed it after our legal department had

## Page 3

3:1 reviewed the schedules.

3:2 Q. Did you personally read Schedule B, the temperature
3:3 requirements, before you signed?

3:4 A. I skimmed it. I relied on legal and on our
3:5 operations team for the details.

3:6 Q. Who on the operations team?

3:7 A. Our compliance lead, Priya Nair, and the lane
3:8 managers.

3:9 Q. What was your understanding of the temperature
3:10 requirement for refrigerated loads?

3:11 A. That trailers had to hold between thirty-four and
3:12 thirty-eight degrees for the entire transit.

3:13 Q. Was that understanding communicated to your
3:14 drivers?

3:15 A. It was in the dispatch notes for every refrigerated
3:16 load, and drivers acknowledged the notes on their
3:17 handhelds.

3:18 Q. Were those acknowledgments retained?

3:19 A. For ninety days. After that they roll off the
3:20 system.

3:21 Q. Who had access to those records during the ninety
3:22 days?

3:23 A. Dispatch, the lane managers and compliance. Drivers
3:24 could see only their own acknowledgments.

3:25 Q. Who had the authority to turn that access off?
CiteSpeakerText
—FOR THE PLAINTIFF: AMARA OKAFOR, ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT: DANIEL BAKER, ESQ. ALSO PRESENT: LEE PARK, VIDEOGRAPHER JOHN A. SMITH, having been first duly sworn, was examined and testified as follows:
—EXAMINATION
—BY MS. OKAFOR:
QGood morning, Mr. Smith. Please state your full name for the record.
AJohn Allen Smith.
QAnd where are you employed?
AI am the director of operations at Northgate Freight, LLC.
QHow long have you held that position?
ASince March of 2019. Before that I was a regional dispatch manager for about six years.
QI am handing you what has been marked as Exhibit 1. Do you recognize it?
AYes. That is the master transportation agreement between Northgate and Harbor Point.
QDid you sign that agreement on behalf of Northgate?
AI did, on June 3, 2022.
MR. BAKERObjection. Form. You can answer.
THE WITNESSI signed it after our legal department had reviewed the schedules.
QDid you personally read Schedule B, the temperature requirements, before you signed?
AI skimmed it. I relied on legal and on our operations team for the details.
QWho on the operations team?
AOur compliance lead, Priya Nair, and the lane managers.
QWhat was your understanding of the temperature requirement for refrigerated loads?
AThat trailers had to hold between thirty-four and thirty-eight degrees for the entire transit.
QWas that understanding communicated to your drivers?
AIt was in the dispatch notes for every refrigerated load, and drivers acknowledged the notes on their handhelds.
QWere those acknowledgments retained?
AFor ninety days. After that they roll off the system.
QWho had access to those records during the ninety days?
ADispatch, the lane managers and compliance. Drivers could see only their own acknowledgments.
QWho had the authority to turn that access off?

3 pages (1–3), 25 lines per page: no problems found

  • Page numbers were read from the top of each page.
  • p. 1 Page 1 looks like front matter (caption, appearances) with no Q/A. It is in the Markdown but left out of the turns index.

Clean checks mean the page and line sequence is consistent in the converted text. They do not prove the text matches the PDF; check every quotation against the certified transcript.

Pages found
3 (1–3)
Layout
full page
Page numbers
3 read from the page (top of page), 0 inferred
Lines per page
25
Turns indexed
28 (12 Q, 11 A, 2 colloquy, 3 notes)
Not in turns index
1 front
Headers/footers removed
“Example Reporting Group | (555) 010-0100”
Deponent
John A. Smith

Cite builder

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Before you paste a transcript into any AI tool

Confidentiality comes first

Deposition transcripts are often confidential, and some are covered by a protective order. Read the terms of any AI tool before you paste a transcript into it: what it keeps, who can see it, and whether it learns from what you give it. Business terms often differ from consumer terms.

Do not paste privileged or work-product material into a tool whose terms you have not read. Check the protective order, your client's instructions and your firm's policy on outside tools. Those decisions are yours and your supervising attorney's, and this is not legal advice.

How DepoScript handles a file is in the privacy policy. That policy covers this site only. It says nothing about what any other tool does with text you paste.

A cited summary is a summary in which every statement of fact points to the page and line where the witness said it. It can be checked line by line. A summary without cites has to be taken on trust.

How it works

  1. Convert the transcript with Numbered lines on

    Each line then starts with its page and line, for example 2:22. That is what the assistant will copy into its cites. The clean format works too, with a range at the start of each paragraph.

  2. Decide whether you may send it

    Stop here if you are not sure. Read the section above, your protective order, and your firm's policy on outside tools. Nothing on this page makes that decision for you.

  3. Copy with citing instructions

    The button in the workbench puts a short set of instructions in front of the Markdown. They tell the assistant to use only the transcript, to cite every statement as page:line, and to say when something is not stated. Replace the placeholder at the end with your task.

  4. Paste it into the tool you are permitted to use

    If the transcript is too long for the tool, split it at a page boundary. Every line carries its own page and line, so any part can be pasted on its own and its cites stay correct.

  5. Check every cite before you rely on it

    Type the range the assistant gave into the Cite tab and read the lines. An assistant can attach a real cite to a statement that the lines do not support, or cite lines that do not exist. Page and line make that visible. They do not prevent it.

The instructions that go with the transcript

The button named Copy with citing instructions in the workbench puts this text in front of the Markdown. Edit it freely. The placeholder at the end is where your task goes. 

You are helping a lawyer work from a deposition transcript. The transcript below is Markdown. Every line starts with PAGE:LINE (for example 45:12), or each turn starts with a bracketed range such as [45:12–46:3].

Rules:
1. Use only the transcript below. Do not add facts, dates or names that are not in it. If the transcript does not say, write "Not stated in this transcript."
2. After every statement of fact, give the cite in parentheses as page:line, for example (45:12–46:3). Quote exactly and put quotation marks around any words taken directly from the transcript.
3. Keep testimony apart from colloquy. Answers marked A. are testimony; statements by counsel, the court or the videographer are not.
4. Say when a passage is incomplete or unclear, including any line marked [line not extracted].
5. Do not give legal advice. This is a working draft for attorney review.

Task:

Tasks to put after it

  • Write a topical summary of the testimony. Group it under short headings and cite every point.
  • Write a chronological summary of events as the witness describes them, with a cite for each event.
  • List every admission or concession by the witness, quoted exactly, each with its cite.
  • List every objection and the testimony that followed it, with cites.

Checking a cite

Say an assistant writes: Mr. Smith testified that he signed the master agreement on June 3, 2022 (2:22–23). That sentence is an example, not output from this site. To check it, type 2:22 and 2:23 in the Cite tab, or click those two line numbers in the page view. You are shown the lines and nothing else: 

Q. Did you sign that agreement on behalf of Northgate?
A. I did, on June 3, 2022.

(Smith Dep. 2:22–23)

The lines support the sentence. When they do not, or when the range is not in the transcript, the cite builder says so and you have caught an error before it reached a document.

Compared with the other routes

Aspect Copy from the PDF by hand Generic PDF-to-text DepoScript
Where the cites come from Your own notes as you read. Text pasted from the PDF has no page or line for the assistant to cite, so it may give none or guess. Every line carries its own page and line, so the assistant can copy it instead of inventing it.
Checking a statement Turn to the page. Search the PDF for the words. Type the cite in the Cite tab and read the lines.
Testimony and colloquy You tell them apart as you read. Run together in one block. Q, A and colloquy are separate turns, and the instructions tell the assistant to keep testimony apart from statements by counsel.
Gaps You notice them. Invisible. Marked [line not extracted], and the instructions tell the assistant to say when a passage is incomplete.
Confidentiality Nothing leaves your desk. Depends on the tool you paste into. Still depends on the tool you paste into. DepoScript's own handling is in the privacy policy.
General descriptions of copying by hand and of generic PDF-to-text tools. Results vary by tool and by PDF.

What it does not do

Before you rely on it

A summary written by an assistant is a draft. It can leave things out, run testimony and colloquy together, and cite lines that do not say what it claims. Read the lines behind every cite.

DepoScript does not summarise a transcript, does not send it to any AI tool for you, and does not know what any AI tool does with what you paste. It gives no legal advice and makes no promise that using it, or any other tool, preserves privilege. See the privacy policy for what happens to a file here.

Questions

Does DepoScript summarise the transcript?

No. It converts the PDF to Markdown and builds cites. It does not write summaries and does not send your transcript to any AI tool. If you use one, you paste the text into it yourself.

Which AI tool should I use?

Whichever your firm has approved for this kind of material. DepoScript does not recommend, connect to or compare any particular tool.

Is it safe to paste a transcript into an AI tool?

That depends on the tool's terms and on the confidentiality obligations attached to the transcript, and no page here can answer it for you. Read what the tool retains, who can see it and whether it trains on inputs, and check any protective order. If you are unsure, do not paste it.

Can an assistant invent a cite?

Yes. It can cite lines that do not exist, or attach a real cite to a statement the lines do not support. The instructions ask it to quote exactly and to say when the transcript is silent, which lowers the risk and does not remove it. Check every cite.

What does the Copy with citing instructions button add?

Five rules in front of the transcript: use only the transcript, cite every statement as page:line and quote exactly, keep testimony apart from colloquy, say when a passage is incomplete, and treat the result as a draft for attorney review and not as legal advice. The full text is on this page and you can edit it.

What does DepoScript itself do with my transcript?

Files are processed in memory and deleted after conversion. Pages that need a second look may be sent to Google's Gemini API, where Google's terms allow retention of up to 55 days. Uploads are not used to train models. The privacy policy has the full list of sub-processors. It covers DepoScript only and says nothing about any tool you paste into.

Can I ask for something other than a summary?

Yes. The tasks on this page include a chronology, a list of admissions with exact quotations, and a list of objections with the testimony that followed. Each asks for a cite on every item.

My transcript is longer than the tool will take.

Split it at a page boundary and paste the parts one at a time. Each line carries its own page and line, so a part pasted alone still produces correct cites. Ask for the parts to be combined only after you have checked each one.

Should I use numbered lines or clean paragraphs?

Numbered lines give the finest cites, because every line has its own number. Clean paragraphs are shorter, with a range such as [2:9–10] at the start of each turn, which helps when a tool's input limit is tight. The instructions cover both.

How many pages can I convert?

Free: 1 file per day, up to 10 pages, no account. Pro and Firm take files up to 150 pages. A 300-page transcript is over the current 150-page file limit. Split the PDF into parts of 150 pages or fewer and convert each part. Page numbers are read from the printed pages, so cites keep the transcript's own numbering; if a part prints no page numbers, set the first page number under Options.