Speche Communications

What Speche Communications does

Speche Communications is a privately held software company that provides real-time streaming text delivery solutions for the legal, broadcast/webcast, and accessibility (CART) industries. Founded in March 2000 and headquartered in Marietta, Georgia, the company operates as a platform within the Remote Counsel network and serves attorneys, law firms, court reporters, captioners, media organizations, and CART providers who require real-time text delivery over the internet for legal depositions, courtroom proceedings, broadcast captioning, and remote accessibility services. Its three primary vertical segments are Internet Depositions (legal), Webcast/Broadcast Captioning (media), and Remote CART (accessibility), with a fourth business-unit segment of court reporters and captioners who supply the underlying real-time feeds.

The company's core platform consists of eScription, a web-based service that converts proprietary real-time feeds from CAT (Computer-Aided Transcription) software into internet-friendly HTTP/HTTPS format for firewall-friendly distribution through standard Port 80/443, and the SpecheBox player, a Java applet-based viewer that displays streaming text with customizable font, size, color, and background. Supporting applications include CAT Shuttle (a Windows desktop tool that captures text from multiple sources and input methods including TCP, serial, virtual serial, remote server, and direct keyboard/voice input), SpecheBox Relay (which streams data to litigation support software like TextMap and LiveNote via virtual COM ports), and the Reporter Access Portal (RAP) for managing live events, testing connections, and troubleshooting. The platform supports CaseView, Line 21, Bridge (LawBridge), ASCII/ANSI, and Unicode data formats, and includes a broadcast-delay synchronization feature for aligning text with audio/video streams.

Speche generates revenue through subscription-based platform services and software licensing, with court reporters and captioners using CAT Shuttle to connect to events while event hosts — law firms, webcasters, educational institutions, and government entities — pay for SpecheBox player access and transcript delivery capabilities. The company employs a sales-led go-to-market model with direct phone and email engagement, offers product demonstrations on its website for each vertical, and operates within the broader Remote Counsel ecosystem alongside Courtroom Connect and Courtroom View Network. No pricing tiers or subscription costs are publicly disclosed, and the company has no disclosed funding rounds, headcount figures, or named customer logos in the available source material.

Name

Speche Communications

Legal name

Speche Communications, Inc.

Website

https://speche.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Speche Communications provides a real-time streaming text delivery platform for court reporters, captioners, law firms, and webcasters, enabling remote legal depositions, broadcast captioning, and remote CART accessibility services through firewall-friendly internet delivery.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real-Time Text Streaming Software

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (5162), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516)

SIC

Telegraph & Other Message Communications (4822)

akta.pro primary industry

Live Streaming & Low-Latency OTT Orchestration (LL-HLS, DASH, WebRTC) (MPAHAJAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Timing, Synchronization & Precision Clocking (PTP, Genlock) (MPAHAKAL)

Keywords

• Real-time text streaming
• Court reporting software
• Legal deposition streaming
• Webcast captioning services
• Remote CART delivery

Headquarters

HQ city

Madison

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform Services and Software Licensing: Speche Communications generates revenue through subscription-based platform services and software licensing for its real-time text streaming technology. Court reporters and captioners use CAT Shuttle to connect to the platform, while event hosts (law firms, webcasters, educational institutions) pay for access to the SpecheBox player and transcript delivery capabilities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Speche Communications provides a real-time text streaming platform that converts feeds from court reporters and captioners into internet-friendly HTTP/HTTPS streams delivered to viewers worldwide. The platform is delivered through the eScription web service and SpecheBox player, with supporting Windows applications (CAT Shuttle, SpecheBox Relay) for reporter-side data capture and litigation software integration. Core use cases include remote legal depositions, webcast/broadcast captioning, and remote CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) services.

Product overview

Speche Communications offers a unified real-time streaming text delivery platform designed for the legal, broadcast, and accessibility industries. The core platform consists of eScription for text streaming and the SpecheBox Java applet for text display. Supporting software includes CAT Shuttle (reporter-side data capture application) and SpecheBox Relay (litigation support software integration tool). Services include Internet Depositions for legal proceedings, Webcast/Broadcast Captioning for multimedia accessibility, and Remote CART for real-time transcription. All products work together to deliver firewall-friendly, synchronized streaming text from court reporters and captioners to viewers worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• eScription: Web-based service for delivering real-time streaming text to viewers over the Internet.
• SpecheBox
• CAT Shuttle
• SpecheBox Relay

Products and services

• eScription Web-based platform that converts real-time text feeds from court reporters or captioners into an Internet-friendly format and distributes streaming text to viewers worldwide, delivered through standard HTTP/HTTPS ports.
• SpecheBox Java applet-based text player that displays real-time streaming text in a customizable viewer, allowing users to adjust font, size, color, and background; also supports transcript saving, searching, and printing.
• CAT Shuttle Windows desktop application that court reporters and captioners use to send real-time text data to Speche events; supports multiple input methods including TCP Port, Serial Port, Virtual Serial Port, Remote Server, and Direct Input from keyboard or voice recognition software.
• SpecheBox Relay Windows desktop application that streams live court reporter data to a local virtual COM port for integration with litigation support software such as TextMap and LiveNote; supports CaseView, Bridge, ASCII/ANSI, and Line 21 data formats.
• Internet Depositions Service Real-time streaming of legal deposition transcripts to remote participants, delivering page numbers, line numbers, and timestamps in traditional transcript format instantly without firewall restrictions.
• Webcast / Broadcast Captioning Service Live synchronized captioning added to web-based media presentations; text is synchronized with associated audio and video streams for accessibility compliance and broader audience reach.
• Remote CART Service Communication Access Realtime Translation delivered remotely over the Internet with a two-way chat feature between CART writer and client, serving deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals in schools, corporations, and government institutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Text delivered instantly regardless of viewer internet connection speed
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Remote CounselcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpeche Communications is described as 'a Remote Counsel platform.' The company operates as part of the Remote Counsel network of products and services, enabling remote participation in legal depositions and courtroom proceedings. Speche technology is integrated into Remote Counsel products and services.
• Courtroom ConnectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCourtroom Connect is the publisher of CAT Shuttle and SpecheBox Relay software. Speche is described as 'a Remote Counsel platform' and operates within the same network. The company provides customer support contact for Courtroom Connect products.
• Courtroom View NetworkminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCourtroom View Network (CVN) is a related platform in the network, offering legal video content and law school resources. Linked on Speche's homepage as part of the network ecosystem.
• National Court Reporting Association (NCRA)minorOthersNCRA is the primary professional association for court reporters. Listed as an external resource link for court reporters interested in learning more about the profession and certification.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Planet Depos: Court reporting, deposition, and legal video services firm; targets the same law firm customers Speche serves via Internet Depositions and operates its own real-time and remote delivery technology.
• Veritext: Large national court reporting and deposition services company; serves the same Internet Depositions buyer (law firms) as Speche and operates adjacent real-time delivery infrastructure as a broader incumbent.
• US Legal Support: Large litigation support services firm offering court reporting, deposition, and legal technology services; competes with Speche at the buyer level via integrated real-time transcript offerings.
• Esquire Deposition Solutions: National court reporting and litigation support firm serving the same legal market as Speche's Internet Depositions product, with overlap in real-time transcript delivery workflows.

Direct peers

• StreamText: Provides real-time text streaming for CART, captioning, and event accessibility — the closest direct functional competitor to Speche's eScription platform for delivering reporter/captioner feeds to remote viewers.
• For The Record (FTR): Provides courtroom recording, transcription, and digital audio technologies for courts and legal proceedings, overlapping with Speche's courtroom-related real-time text delivery use cases.
• CaptionMax: Real-time and post-production captioning services company serving broadcast, corporate, and educational clients, overlapping with Speche's webcast and broadcast captioning offering.
• Ai-Media: Provides live captioning technology and services, including real-time text delivery for broadcast and accessibility use cases that overlap directly with Speche's webcast/captioning business.

Emerging players

• 3Play Media: Modern captioning and transcription services provider with a focus on video accessibility; competes for the same webcast/broadcast captioning customers that Speche's eScription platform serves.

Others

• Courtroom Connect: Sibling platform within the Remote Counsel network that publishes CAT Shuttle and SpecheBox Relay; not a direct competitor but a closely related partner in the same legal-real-time ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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