Audio ECA

What We Do

Incorporate Audio & Video into your Discovery Plan.

Nexidia’s Audio ECA is a service that utilizes the company’s market-leading, patented technologies to rapidly cull audio and video content utilizing specific search criteria including:

  • Search terms/Keywords
  • Custodians and specific names
  • Metadata


Identifying the amount of content requiring review enables litigation teams to efficiently incorporate audio into the discovery plan. Using Nexidia’s Audio Early Case Assessment (ECA), reviewable audio collections are typically reduced by 66%-75%, reducing review costs proportionately.

When is Audio ECA the Preferred Option?

Nexidia’s Audio ECA significant cost-savings benefit is best suited to discovery matters in which the concepts and search terms are well defined. Since Nexidia uses these search parameters to limit the data set (thereby limiting the amount of data to be processed and hosted), Nexidia Audio ECA is not appropriate for large unstructured projects. The Nexidia Professional Services team is available to help you define your project, develop your search strategies, and select the appropriate approach for your audio discovery matter.

How it Works

Step 1: Nexidia’s audio experts work with you to identify the appropriate content, search terms and concepts. Metadata is synchronized and incorporated into search strategies.

Step 2: Using patented phonetic search technology, Nexidia processes your audio and video files, culling the data to eliminate non-responsive content. Original content is always preserved, and additional searches can be run if discovery necessitates.

Step 3: After culling, the reviewable data set is typically 25%-33% of the original content, significantly reducing review time and storage fees. Nexidia provides audio review software in either a hosted or desktop environment. Using Nexidia’s intuitive software, reviewers can:

  • Listen to relevant audio in the context of the recording
  • Tag specific recordings for issues
  • Annotate, mark as privileged, and redact specific recordings

Put Nexidia’s Audio Experts on Your Discovery Team

Nexidia’s experience with all forms of audio and video content is at your disposal. With Nexidia’s vast experience in processing 35 languages and developing specialized terms sets and concept searches, Nexidia is truly your Audio Discovery partner.