What the new tools do
Audio transcription turns spoken recordings into searchable text. That applies to witness interviews, client meetings, and phone calls that often end up as evidence. Video analysis goes a step further, letting users pull frames and identify objects, faces, or text within footage. Enhanced image understanding improves how the platform reads contracts, handwriting, and other visual material.
These functions are not entirely new to the legal tech space, but Harvey AI's integration means they sit alongside its existing document review and drafting features. A lawyer can transcribe a recording, then immediately ask the platform to draft a summary or flag inconsistencies, without exporting files to a separate service.
Legal cases frequently involve mixed media. A single matter might include audio recordings, video surveillance, and hundreds of scanned pages. Previously, a team might need three or four different applications to process those materials. With the update, the same tool can handle all of them, which reduces the chance of errors from copying data between systems.
The change also touches on discovery. When a plaintiff's deposition is on video, the ability to search the transcript and locate the exact moment a witness said something can save hours. Image understanding helps with exhibits like handwritten notes or faded receipts that don't scan cleanly.
Consider a personal injury case with hours of surveillance video. A legal team could search the footage for a specific license plate or a person's face without watching every frame. Or take a contract dispute where the key document is a handwritten addendum. The image understanding feature can pull out the relevant text and make it searchable.
What's still unclear
Pricing and contract terms remain up in the air. The company has not said whether the expanded
