Court Audio

The 15th Judicial District Courts consist of six independent courtrooms utilizing a state of the art digital recording system for the retention and archiving of courtroom proceedings. The older analog tape recorders have been replaced by a more sophisticated recording process. In each court, there is a computer and sound system which captures the audio from these proceedings and is stored electronically to CD audio. A single CD has the capacity to hold approximately 20 hours of courtroom audio in compressed format as opposed to the older analog method which would normally require many cassette tapes to retain the same amount of information. The court can provide audio recordings in compressed CD audio format (which requires the FTRGold player plus software and a windows compatible PC with sound and a CD-ROM drive free download ) or in standard CD audio (audio that is compatible in most home stereo and car audio CD players).

To obtain additional information regarding this technology, go to FTRGold's web site. FTR gold also provides the free player software for listening to the audio as the compressed version (FTR audio format - approx. 20 hour/CD) will not operate without the use of this software.

To obtain a copy of courtroom audio, contact the Courtroom Transcription Coordinator at

Coquille: 541-396-3121 x443.
North Bend: 541-396-3121 x537.
Curry County: 541-247-4511 x226 or x225

The cost per CD is $10.00. In most cases, the CD will also include an electronic .html log of the proceeding that can be viewed in most modern web browsers. More information regarding this technology can be found at FTRGold's web site.