VIQ Creates Strategic Partnership with LegalCraft to Expand Collective Technology and Service Offerings in Global Markets

VIQ Solutions Inc. (“VIQ”, “VIQ Solutions” or the “Company”) (TSX and Nasdaq: VQS), a global provider of secure, AI-driven, digital voice and video capture technology and transcription services, today announced a strategic partnership with LegalCraft to create an integrated solution, using the Lexel platform, to optimize legal case analysis, trial preparation and real-time transcription to assist legal professionals globally.

VIQ adds Lexel to its worldwide service portfolio and is the first LegalCraft strategic partner offering Lexel's robust collaboration and case management platform in the United States. VIQ customers can securely store and share audio, video and transcription files generated from the Company’s CapturePro™ and NetScribe™ platforms and other external sources. Lexel users can review transcripts with simultaneous playback of audio and video files, collaborate with colleagues through secure messaging, remote presentations, and by annotating and tagging their files. Lexel’s collaboration features offers VIQ customers a simple, more efficient method of organizing cases and preparing for trial.

“We are excited to partner with LegalCraft and to offer Lexel to empower legal professionals worldwide with highly efficient and effective litigation support software and evidence management solutions,” said Elizabeth Vanneste, Executive Vice President of Product and Strategy, VIQ Solutions. “We look forward to offering enhanced solutions as we integrate the Lexel platform into our VIQ product family.”

“We are excited about the possibilities this partnership offers to the industry. It enables us to create a wider impact across the globe.” said Surya Madiraju, CEO, LegalCraft Solutions]. “Our partnership with VIQ is strategic in nature and opens many doors for both companies to prosper. We look forward to mutual success.”

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About VIQ Solutions

VIQ Solutions is a global provider of secure, AI-driven, digital voice and video capture technology and transcription services. VIQ offers a seamless, comprehensive solution suite that delivers intelligent automation, enhanced with human review, to drive transformation in the way content is captured, secured, and repurposed into actionable information. The cyber-secure, AI technology and services platform are implemented in the most rigid security environments including criminal justice, legal, insurance, government, corporate finance, media, and transcription service provider markets, enabling them to improve the quality and accessibility of evidence, to easily identify predictive insights and to achieve digital transformation faster and at a lower cost.

About LegalCraft

LegalCraft is a software development firm founded in 2005 and a long-standing innovator in the legal technology industry. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower legal professionals worldwide with highly efficient and effective litigation support software and evidence management solutions. Lexel, LegalCraft’s flagship product, is a case analysis and trial preparation platform that has been helping legal professionals across the world.

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