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title: "Transcript Invoice Estimator: Your Rates, Line by Line | DepoStack"
description: "Enter your own per-page rates and see a transcript invoice line by line: original, copies, expedite, realtime, and appearance fee. Free, in your browser."
url: "https://depostack.com/tools/transcript-estimate/"
---

# Transcript invoice estimator.

Your own rates, line by line, the way the invoice adds up.

## Estimate

This estimator needs JavaScript to add up your rates. The blank worksheet below prints as it is.

*Transcript estimate, line by line*

| Line | Calculation | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Original transcript | pp × $ | $ |
| Realtime | pp × $ | $ |
| Copy transcripts (number of copies) | pp × $ | $ |
| Appearance fee | Flat | $ |
| Estimated total | $ |  |

Not included: Exhibit scanning or handling; rough draft, ASCII, or e-transcript. A schedule may bundle them or list them as their own lines.

This is an estimate. The reporter's or agency's written rate schedule governs.

## How the lines add up.

Each per-page line is the page count times your rate. The expedite multiplier raises the original rate, and the copies too when you tick the box. The appearance fee is added once. Each line is rounded to the cent, and the total adds the rounded lines.

Your entries stay in this browser, so they are here when you come back; Clear the form removes them. The math runs on this page and nothing you type is sent. As on every depostack.com page, Cloudflare counts the visit.

How originals, copies, delivery tiers, and realtime are billed, with the federal schedule as one example: [Court reporter per-page rates explained](https://depostack.com/blog/per-page-rates/).

## Put this into practice.

- [Check what the rate includes](https://depostack.com/blog/per-page-rates/)

  Read how originals, copies, and delivery terms affect an estimate.

## Built by the people who produce the record.

These tools are free and need no account. DepoStack is also building software for court reporters: [Exhibits by DepoStack](https://depostack.com/exhibits/), [Transcript by DepoStack](https://depostack.com/transcript/) and [Video by DepoStack](https://depostack.com/video/). [What they mean for a freelance reporter](https://depostack.com/for/freelance-reporters/).

*The waitlist form is not reproduced here. A person joins at https://depostack.com/tools/transcript-estimate/#waitlist: it is for the person themselves, with their own consent, and may ask for a human check (Cloudflare Turnstile) and confirmation by email, so an agent should send the person there rather than submit it for them. See https://depostack.com/auth.md.*