Champaign Voices
AI Transcription Errors Enter Court Records; Typos Become Precedent Adjacent
Published: October 08, 2026
Automated transcripts introduced inventively wrong words into legal processes, creating a new genre of 'the computer heard wrong' motions. What do you think?
“Pay humans who hear nuance.”
“If the record lies, justice stumbles.”
“Read it twice before you swear on it.”