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TimeCoder Pro User Manual
Supported File Types and Transcript
Requirements
Note:
TimeCoder Pro has been developed and designed to work with a wide range of
deposition formats; not every possible format may be properly imported by the
transcript parser engine.
The list of supported and non-supported file types may change in future releases.
The following deposition file types are supported by TimeCoder Pro:
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AMICUS Format (*.ami, *.trn)
ASCII Format (*.txt, *.v1); must meet specific format requirements
LexisNexis TextMap Evidence File (*.xmef)
LiveNote/VideoNote Files (*.ptf/*.vid)
RealLegal E*Transcript Files (*.ptx)
Sanction II Transcript Database (*.mdb)
Timaro/TrialPro Post-Production Time Stamp file (*.pts)
The following deposition file types are NOT supported by TimeCoder Pro:
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Microsoft Word Documents (*.doc, *.docx)
Rich Text Format (*.rtf)
Adobe PDF (*.pdf)
TIFF Images (*.tif, *.tiff)
When using ASCII format transcripts with TimeCoder Pro, they must meet
the following requirements:
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Must include integer-based page numbers (EXAMPLES: Page 1, 1, 0001, etc.)
on the left or right-hand portion of the transcript.
Must include integer line numbers for all pages of the deposition. Line numbers
are also required for title, certificate, appearances, exhibit list, and certificate
pages.
No special characters (i.e. non-standard ASCII characters such as ö, ñ, é, etc.)
Court Reporter timestamps (i.e. relative or time of day timestamps) are
allowed. However, they must be in one of the following formats:
H:M:SS or HH:MM:SS
Additionally, there must be at least one whitespace character between the
timestamps and the page number.
EXAMPLE: 12:15:26 06 Q. Please state your name.
Court Reporter information (EXAMPLE: ACME Court Reporters (800) 5551212) should not be present at the header or footer of each page (i.e. Line 1
or 25). If this information is present, it can make clip creation more difficult
and synchronized playback confusing to a judge or jury.
Question and Answer (Q/A) Pairs are required for all spoken portions of the
transcript.
One (or more) whitespace characters must occur between each line number
and text.
EXAMPLE: 25
Q.
What was your involvement?
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