CUSTOMER: Intelligent Voice, a legal services organization
S2|DATA’S ROLE: Restore and transcribe degraded historical audio/video recordings
TYPE OF PROJECT: Legacy Media Restoration
RESULT: Vendor easily able to catalog and search legacy recordings
The Business Situation
A legal organization needed to extract evidence from decades-old audio and video recordings that were nearly unintelligible due to poor recording quality and media degradation.
The Challenge
- Recordings were captured on obsolete consumer-grade equipment
- Audio quality was severely compromised by background noise and distance
- Original media was fragile and at risk of further degradation
- Legal teams needed accurate, defensible transcriptions
The Solution
S2|DATA implemented a comprehensive restoration process:
- Forensic experts carefully digitized the degraded recordings
- Partnered with Intelligent Voice® for advanced audio processing
- Deployed NVIDIA-powered transcription technology
- Created navigable, time-stamped transcripts with karaoke-style alignment
The Results
- Successfully recovered previously unintelligible audio
- Produced court-admissible transcriptions
- Reduced attorney review time and associated costs
- Created repeatable workflow for similar cases
- Maintained complete chain of custody
The project demonstrated S2|DATA’s ability to recover critical evidence from severely degraded legacy media while maintaining legal defensibility.
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