What you'll accomplish
By the end of this guide, you'll use Claude Pro (which can process up to 200,000 words at once) to summarize complete deposition transcripts in minutes instead of hours. A 150-page transcript that used to take half a day now produces a clean, organized summary in about 15 minutes of your time.
What you'll need
- A Claude Pro account at claude.ai ($20/month — or check if your firm has an enterprise subscription)
- Deposition transcript as a text-based PDF, Word document, or plain text file
- Time needed: 15 minutes to set up; 5–15 minutes per transcript after that
- Cost: $20/month for Claude Pro; the long context window is the key feature you need
How-To Guide: Summarize Full Deposition Transcripts with Claude Pro
Step 1: Set up your Claude Pro account
Go to claude.ai and click "Upgrade to Pro." Complete payment setup. Once on Pro, you'll have access to Claude's 200,000-token context window — enough to process a 400+ page transcript in a single conversation.
What you should see: Your account shows "Pro" status; when you start a new conversation, the model selector shows Claude claude-sonnet-4-6 or Opus (both have the full context window on Pro).