We record the deposition.
We built everything that reads it.
Deposition video statewide. Summaries, sync, and clips for depositions we record or transcripts from anywhere, processed on hardware we own in Hawaiʻi and never sent to an outside AI provider.
New firms: your first deposition summary is free, up to 300 pages.
Or email the notice to calendar@akamailegalvideo.com, or call (808) 758-3324. We confirm within the Hawaiʻi business day.
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The recording everything else depends on.
Akamai is run by Andrew Graves, who recorded about 2,000 depositions in the Bay Area and Sacramento before moving to Hawaiʻi. The standard is the same on every island: set up an hour early, two recorders running, masters imaged and hashed the same day.
In-person depositions
One camera on the witness, two independent recorders, matched timecode. A clean audio mix feeding the record, with the room miked for intelligibility rather than atmosphere. Setup is done and tested before the first person walks in. Master cards are forensically imaged (E01) and every file is SHA-256 hashed.
Remote and hybrid depositions
Full-resolution recording on our end rather than a compressed cloud capture, so exhibit text is readable and the witness is legible. Hybrid rooms get a Jabra Speak 2 75 conference unit so remote participants stay intelligible without the tabletop echo that turns a certified transcript into guesswork.
Transcript sync
Forced alignment done here, not through a public API. We process the audio while the transcript is being certified, so sync comes back soon after the ASCII arrives, with load files for TrialDirector, Sanction, and the rest.
Trial presentation editing
Clips cut to your page and line designations, precise redactions, and audio muting. We prepare the material; you run the room.
Keep the agency you already use.
Many Hawaiʻi firms let their court reporting agency choose the videographer. That still works: ask yours to assign Akamai, or book us directly.
We arrive early and set up before the room fills. The reporter gets a clean direct feed if they want one, arranged quietly and without a production conversation in front of the witness.
At the end of the day we hand over a high-fidelity backup audio file. Nobody plans to need it. It exists so a cough over a case number doesn't become a guess in the certified transcript.
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How a job runs
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Schedule
Send the notice through the scheduling form or to calendar@akamailegalvideo.com. We handle the local logistics (travel, parking, room access) and arrive with the kit the proceeding needs.
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Capture
We're neutral on the record, with two recorders running. Master cards are imaged to E01 the same day, before the media leaves our hands.
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Process
Transcripts are synchronized and indexed on hardware we own in Hawaiʻi. Nothing is uploaded to an outside AI provider at any stage.
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Deliver and archive
Trial-ready MP4s, PDFs, and load files on a password-protected link. Masters are retained with their hash manifests and timestamp receipts.
After the deposition
We're a vendor, not a platform. Your case files are processed on hardware we own in Hawaiʻi. They're never sent to an outside AI provider or used to train anything, and they're deleted on the schedule you set, or after seven years if you don't set one. If your firm has an AI policy, this is built to fit it.
Page-line deposition summaries
A topical summary of the testimony, every point cited to page and line so you can check our work. $1 a page, 150-page minimum, back in two business days.
Witness contradiction matrix
Every statement in the files you send, lined up against the others: depositions, prior testimony, declarations. Where they diverge you get both passages side by side with citations, so you can decide whether it's a real inconsistency or a bad question.
Interpreter audit
We compare the interpreter's English against the original-language audio and flag passages that may have been omitted or changed, for a qualified interpreter to confirm.
Also available: case chronologies built from the whole file, every entry cited to its source page. Send a transcript to summaries@akamailegalvideo.com. You don't need to have shot the deposition with us. Whole-case search is in pilot; ask to join.
Your first deposition summary is on us
Send us a transcript and we'll summarize it: page-line, cited, no charge, up to 300 pages. Enter your details for a code by email, or just mention the offer when you send it. For firms we haven't worked with before; one per firm.
Authentication and chain of custody
Every recording is imaged to a forensic E01 the same day, hashed with SHA-256 and timestamped, so any later change to the file is detectable.
How chain of custody worksAlso handled here
Legal aid and pro bono
Verified 501(c)(3) legal aid organizations and pro bono matters get a permanent 25% reduction on all billable services. Out-of-pocket expenses are excluded.
Get a videographer on the calendar.
Or email calendar@akamailegalvideo.com.