Video Deposition - Synchronized
A video deposition occurs when a deposition is being recorded simultaneously by a court reporter and a legal videographer. The written product produced by the court reporter is called a transcript, and the videographer produces a video which visually records the witness testifying. In addition, the audio of the other parties speaking on the record, ie, attorneys present, court reporter, et cetera, is heard. Synchonization of video depositions occur when the text of the video deposition recorded by the court reporter is synched to the video recorded by the videographer.
This sychronized video deposition now shows not only the witness and the audio of the other speakers, with a clock showing the time elapsed, but also the court reporter’s written text. This written text can now be searched for specific testimony given during the course of the video deposition. The ability to search a video deposition enables an attorney to immediately get to testimony which he is interested in.