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Presentation Software: Comparison Chart

The chart below features some of the available courtroom presentation software packages. Presentation software is designed to help attorneys with trial preparation and presentation. For additional information, please contact the vendors directly or check their Web sites. This chart is not intended as a comprehensive review of courtroom presentation software.



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VENDORS

Director Suite

(inData Software Corporation)

Sanction

(Verdict Systems)

Summation

(Summation Blaze)

TrialBook 32

(Gigatron Software)

TrialPro

(IDEA, Inc.)

Visionary

(Visionary)

Linking

 

Links audio and video clips to exhibits, links depositions with exhibits, and links with third party databases.

 

Links exhibits to videos, links transcripts to video, and links externally to other software such as: LiveNote, CaseMap, etc.

 

Links transcripts and exhibits to other links in the same transcript, other transcripts, images, websites, and other documents. Can link to selected outside vendors.

 

Program links to transcripts, exhibits, documents, and websites. Word documents and video clips link to transcripts. Can link issue codes with words.

 

Links exhibits, documents, and transcripts with video. Links Trial Log to exhibits and other software.

 

Ability to link images and video to transcripts and documents. Exhibits link to transcripts and outlines.

Import/Export

 

Ability to import and point to transcripts, exhibits, and other documents. Can set up export folder to transfer files to another location.

 

Ability to import and point to transcripts, exhibits, and other documents.

 

Ability to import transcripts, exhibits, and other documents. Can export search results and data.

 

Ability to import and imbed transcripts and exhibits. Can link or imbed other files such as word processing files or spreadsheets.

 

Ability to import and point to images, transcripts, and other documents.

 

Ability to import images, transcripts, and other documents.

Searchability

 

Thumbnail browsing and ability to search transcripts and OLE objects.

 

Ability to search data fields by issue, query, ID number, or exhibit number.

 

Ability to conduct integrated searches through transcripts, documents, and images. Can perform boolean and fuzzy searches.

 

Ability to perform basic and advanced searches of transcripts, exhibits, and other documents. Can search within individual documents or across several data fields.

 

Ability to search through exhibits, transcripts, and other data fields.

 

Ability to search transcripts, videos, documents, and exhibits.

Bar Code Creation

 

Ability to create and print out bar codes.

 

Ability to create, sort, and print out bar codes.

 

Ability to create and print out bar codes with bar code system.

 

Not Available

 

Ability to create and print out bar codes.

 

Bar codes can be created, stored, or printed out.

Document & Exhibit Mgmt

 

Ability to drag and drop items in folders, create folders, organize exhibits by file type, and sort files by ascending or descending order.

 

Ability to group documents, drag and drop items in folders, and create folders.

 

Ability to drag and drop items in folders, organize items within folders, and create folders.

 

Ability to drag and drop items in folders, create folders, and organize items within folders.

 

Ability to drag and drop items in folders and create folders.

 

Ability to drag and drop items in folders, organize items within folders, and create folders. Create issue builder outlines and admitted exhibits file.

Database Creation

 

Database structure is fixed but fields can be modified.

 

Database structure is fixed but fields can be modified.

 

Database structure has some fixed fields, but is customizable.

 

Database structure is somewhat fixed, but fields can be modified.

 

Can modify, navigate, and sort databases.

 

Database fields can be modified, but the database structure is fixed.

Animation & Graphics

 

Can import from other programs, cannot create originals.

 

Can import from other programs, cannot create originals

 

Can import from other programs, cannot create originals.

 

Can import from other programs, cannot create originals.

 

Can import from other programs, cannot create originals.

 

Can create title graphics. Ability to import animations from other programs.

Compatible w/ File Types

 

Compatible with most standard document and image file formats.

 

Compatible with most standard document and image file formats.

 

Compatible with most standard document and image file formats.

 

Compatible with most standard document and image file formats.

 

Compatible with most standard document and image file formats.

 

Compatible with most standard document and image file formats.

Video Editing

 

Ability to create, edit, and annotate video clips.

 

Ability to create video clips by inserting begin/end pointers.

 

Not Available

 

Not Available

 

Ability to create and edit video clips by inserting begin/end pointers.

 

Ability to create and edit video clips by inserting begin/end pointers and saving video files.

Outlining

 

Creates exhibit outlines.

 

Case outlining available.

 

Outlining available to organize files and documents.

 

Not Available

 

Not Available

 

All data is stored in outline form, and can be presented directly from the outline.

Multi-Exhibit Viewing Capability

 

Ability to present and annotate up to four exhibits simultaneously.

 

Present two items simultaneously on a split screen.

 

Ability to view and have multiple items open simultaneously.

 

Ability to view as many exhibits simultaneously as computer allows.

 

Ability to view several exhibits at once with a split screen.

 

Capable of presenting several exhibits simultaneously.

On-the-Fly Capability

 

Ability to assign, label, and annotate exhibits. Can save and print out screen grabs.

 

Ability to swap, annotate, and markup exhibits.

 

Ability to markup and annotate exhibits. Can add stamps and freestyle drawing to exhibits, and save screen grabs.

 

Ability to annotate, markup, black-out, highlight, add notes, and add issue codes to exhibits, documents, and transcripts.

 

Ability to annotate, markup, and swap exhibits. Trial Log automatically records each exhibit presented and creates a time and date log. Can save and print out screen grabs.

 

Documents and exhibits can be accessed, annotated, highlighted, marked up, and moved on-the-fly.

Available for MacIntosh

 

Not Available

 

Not Available

 

Not Available

 

Not Available

 

Not Available

 

Not Available

Trial/Demo Version

 

Demo CD-Rom can be ordered and on-line tutorial available.

 

Download fully functional demo from the website.

 

Can order a demo CD-Rom or try a virtual demo at the website

 

Demo CD-Rom can be ordered on-line or downloaded from the website.

 

Download demo from the website or order demo copy from the vendor.

 

Order the demo CD-Rom from the website.

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