The body-cam is in Spanish. I speak English.

You pull up body-cam footage for discovery review. The audio of the client, a witness, or a bystander is in Spanish. And you don't speak Spanish.

You know the footage could contain something case-critical (an admission, a contradiction, an exculpatory statement from a witness), and because you don’t understand the language you can’t get to it.

So naturally you either have to ask your bilingual colleague to translate it for you or opt for a professional translation. Both options are not optimal when you are dealing with 100+ cases and have a lot on your plate.

Being blocked by something that has nothing to do with legal skill is frustrating. It can also have a real impact on the outcome of your case, evidence and witnesses can be lost while waiting for a translation to come back.

How Reduct helps

Reduct lets you treat any Spanish body-cam video like it's in English. You can search the footage, skim it for what matters, and click on any word to jump straight to that moment and even summarize it in English. Reduct won't replace a certified translator but it lets you make sense of the interaction and tells you exactly where to look, so you know which five minutes need your attention.

1. Upload and get transcription in the original language

Upload your body-cam, or all your discovery at once, and get a transcript in the language actually spoken in the footage.

2. Pick a language for translation

Instead of asking a professional translator to translate it for you, use the translation feature in Reduct to get the transcript in English or a language you understand.

Here’s the list of all the supported languages. If you don’t see a language on the list, please submit a support ticket.

3. Flag it, share it, build your case

As you read, you can highlight and label the sections that need attention. Since everything is in English, you can look for an admission, a contradiction, or an inconsistency worth flagging. Then, @mention a teammate or a language expert to invite them to the workspace and review the translation.