Verbit and eSteno bring AI legal transcription to Latin American courts

Verbit has partnered with eSteno Media Services to deploy its Legal Capture transcription tool across courts and arbitration centers in Central and South America. The rollout targets rising caseloads with real-time Spanish and Portuguese transcripts reviewed by legal experts.

Why it matters: - Courts and arbitration centers in Latin America are under pressure to modernize records while handling more cases. - Faster, searchable transcripts can reduce backlogs and help judges, clerks and attorneys work more efficiently. - The rollout expands access to AI-assisted legal transcription in Spanish and Portuguese across a large regional market.

What happened: - Verbit announced a partnership with eSteno Media Services to bring Legal Capture™ to courts and judicial systems across Central and South America. - eSteno will lead regional deployment, implementation, sales and customer support for courts, arbitration centers and legal organizations in Mexico, Central America and South America. - The launch is aimed at judicial systems facing rising caseloads and growing arbitration demand.

The details: - Legal Capture combines Verbit’s Captivate™ legal-trained AI transcription engine with expert human review. - The system is designed to produce accurate, searchable transcripts of legal proceedings in real time or from recordings. - The platform supports in-person, remote and hybrid hearings. - Built-in tools include transcript editing, paragraph merging, speaker identification, readback and exhibit marking. - Transcripts are designed to be court-admissible and protected with encryption and access controls. - For the Latin America rollout, Legal Capture will support Spanish and Portuguese dialects, legal terminology and courtroom speech patterns. - eSteno has more than two decades of experience in real-time reporting, captioning, transcription, translation and legal language services across Latin America. - Verbit says its legal technology is already deployed in other global markets. - The company’s legal suite includes Legal Capture and Legal Visor.

Between the lines: - The partnership pairs Verbit’s AI platform with eSteno’s regional relationships, which may make adoption easier for courts that want modern tools without changing local workflows. - The focus on expert supervision reflects the legal sector’s need for accuracy, auditability and trust, not just automation. - Verbit is positioning Legal Capture as infrastructure for both courtroom operations and broader legal recordkeeping.

What’s next: - Verbit and eSteno will market Legal Capture to courts, arbitration centers and legal organizations across the region. - The companies are offering demonstrations for institutions that want to evaluate the system. - The partners are aiming to expand AI-powered transcription in judicial systems as demand for faster legal records grows.

The bottom line: - Verbit is using eSteno’s regional footprint to push its legal transcription technology deeper into Latin America, where courts need faster records and better case management.