"Keyli" launched to automate court transcripts

‘Keyli’, a speech-to-text software, designed to transcribe court cases, was launched on Saturday.

The software was launched at a special ceremony held on Saturday. The software was developed by a team of Maldivian developers, contracted back in 2021.

Chief Judicial Administrator Aishath Rizna said the biggest challenge faced by the courts is the lack of time and resources to type out statements from hearings. One of the reasons for the delay in cases submitted to the courts is the time taken to prepare statements of arguments made during the trials, she said.

To address the time it takes to prepare statements, Rizna said:

Speaking at the ceremony, Supreme Court Justice Husnu Al Suood said that although case reports should be submitted within 15 days of the closure of a case, it is not being done properly.

The main reason why it was not happening is the delay in receiving transcripts of the statements made in court, he said. With Keyli software, that will be resolved, he said.

“Therefore, it will be very difficult now to make excuses for late issues of the trial report,” Husnu Al Suood said.

Speaking at the ceremony, Judicial Service Commission President Hisaan Hussain said the launch of the Keyli software would revolutionise the Maldivian language and the judiciary. The two hours it used to take to type a 30-minute recording will be reduced to three minutes, she said.

According to the courts, it now takes more than 30 minutes to type a five-to-seven minute recording manually.

According to court statistics: