From dictaphone to draft, in one step.
Quillio turns your voice dictation into a structured legal draft — letter of advice, file note, affidavit, or client email — in AU legal form. Speak naturally; get a finished structure back.
Quillio turns dictation into a structured legal draft. Dictate the facts and the direction; I produce a letter of advice, file note, affidavit, client email, or memo in the structure AU lawyers actually use. You can dictate while walking between meetings or driving home; I produce the draft in the structure you need. Different from voice-to-text — the output is a legal document, not a transcript.
What changes
After a client meeting you spend 30-45 minutes writing up the file note and then another 30 minutes drafting the letter of advice that follows from it.
You dictate a 3-minute summary of the meeting on the way back to the office. Quillio produces a structured file note and a first-draft letter of advice before you sit down. You spend the next 20 minutes refining, not drafting from scratch.
From upload to output
Dictate naturally
Use the Quillio mobile app, desktop app, or your existing dictation workflow (Dragon, BigHand). Speak in your usual dictation style — partial thoughts, corrections, and asides are fine.
I transcribe with legal context
I transcribe your dictation with AU legal terminology baked in. Case names, statute references, technical terms, and client names (drawn from your matter list) are accurately captured.
I structure into a draft
I turn the dictation into the document type you asked for — file note, letter of advice, affidavit, client email — in AU legal form and your firm's voice.
I cite where needed
Where the dictation includes a legal proposition, I add the citation. Where you mention a case by name, I link to the judgment. Every citation is to a verified authority.
You refine
Export the draft to Word, your practice management system, or your matter file. Refine in the usual way; the structured draft saves the blank-page problem.
What you can do with Quillio dictation-to-draft
- Dictate file notes from client meetings and get a structured note back
- Dictate the direction for a letter of advice and get a first draft
- Dictate facts for an affidavit and get a paragraph-numbered first draft
- Dictate client emails on the go and send the drafted version
- Dictate preparation notes for a hearing and get a structured brief
- Dictate research findings and get a memo back
A real example
You have just finished a 90-minute client meeting on a family law property settlement. You are walking back to the office and want the file note and a first-draft letter of advice before you sit down.
Open the Quillio mobile app. Dictate a 4-minute summary of the meeting covering the client's position, the settlement proposal, the outstanding disclosure issues, and your view on likely outcomes.
By the time you reach the office (8 minutes later): a structured file note in your firm's standard format (attendees, matters discussed, decisions, action items), and a first-draft letter of advice covering the client's position, the settlement options, the disclosure issues under the Family Law Rules, and your view on likely outcomes citing the recent Full Court authority you mentioned. Ready for your review and sign-off.
Documents, jurisdictions, and practice areas
Document types
- File notes and client meeting summaries
- Letters of advice and opinion letters
- Affidavits (first-draft, paragraph-numbered)
- Client emails and correspondence
- Hearing preparation notes
- Research memos
- Board paper inputs (for in-house)
Jurisdictions
- NSW
- VIC
- QLD
- WA
- SA
- TAS
- ACT
- NT
- Federal
- NZ
Practice areas
- Family
- Commercial
- Property
- Litigation
- Criminal
- Employment
- Wills & Estates
- Personal Injury
Dictation-to-Draft FAQs
Is this just voice-to-text?
No. Voice-to-text gives you a transcript. Quillio's dictation-to-draft gives you a structured legal document — the transcript re-organised into the form of a file note, letter, or affidavit, with AU legal structure and citations added. The output is a draft, not a transcript.
How accurate is the transcription for AU legal terminology?
Very accurate. I am trained on AU legal terminology, statute and case names, and the technical terms each practice area uses. Case names and section references are generally captured correctly; client names pull from your matter list. Compared to general-purpose transcription, legal terminology accuracy is 3-5x higher.
Can I use my existing dictation hardware (Philips, Olympus)?
Yes. Quillio integrates with the standard dictation hardware AU firms use — Philips SpeechMike, Olympus DS-9500 — and the software workflows built around them (BigHand, Winscribe). Dictate on the hardware, Quillio processes the output.
Does this work for affidavits?
Yes. Dictate the facts in narrative form; I produce a first-draft affidavit in UCPR or FCR form, paragraph-numbered, first-person, with exhibit references where you mention them. The deponent still reviews and swears; the draft saves the drafting time.
What about dictating research notes?
Yes. Dictate the research question and the findings; I produce a structured memo covering the legal framework, the authorities you mentioned, the application, and the conclusion. Useful for solicitors briefing counsel and for juniors briefing partners.
How is this different from the voice-dictation feature?
Voice dictation (the existing Quillio feature) captures your voice directly in a document — you dictate, text appears. Dictation-to-draft is an output-oriented workflow — you dictate, a structured document appears. Same underlying speech recognition; different output.
Is dictation data confidential?
Yes. Dictation often captures sensitive matter context. Quillio runs on Australian infrastructure under SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001; voice data and transcripts stay on Australian soil and are never used to train any model. Voice data is deleted after transcription by default.
Try it on a current document.
The fastest way to test Quillio's dictation-to-draft is to dictate a file note on your way home tonight and see the draft tomorrow morning. The free trial requires no credit card and no sales call.
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