Ga. Ct. App. R. 18
Records and transcripts, including depositions, shall be printed on one side of lettersize, white paper of good quality, or an equivalent electronic format, with ample spacing (at least double spaced) and margins so that they may be easily read. The margin at the top shall be of sufficient space that the transcript may be read when folded over at the top. Type size shall not be smaller than 10 characters per inch. Notwithstanding the 10 characters per inch requirement, the Court shall accept in lieu thereof Times New Roman Regular, 14 point. The record shall include an index. The pages of the record shall be numbered consecutively on the bottom of the page. The trial court clerk shall certify each volume of the record.
When the notice of appeal directs that transcripts of a trial or a hearing be included in the record, copies of all video or audio recordings that were introduced into evidence shall be transmitted to this Court along with the trial or hearing transcript. It shall be the responsibility of the party tendering the recordings at a trial or a hearing to ensure that a copy of the recording is included in the trial court record; however, it is the burden of the appealing party to ensure that a complete record is transmitted to this Court on appeal, including the transmission of video or audio recordings. If a transcript of a trial or a hearing is designated as part of the appellate record, the clerk of the trial court shall then include the copy of the recording in the appellate record transmitted to this Court. If a copy of a recording played at a trial or a hearing is not included with the transcript designated to be transmitted in the appellate record, this Court may take whatever action is necessary in order to ensure completion of the record, including, but not limited to, issuing a show-cause order requiring an explanation of its absence. The appellant's failure to complete the record may also result in this Court declining to consider enumerations of error related to the missing evidence.
Copies of any video or audio recordings of evidence shall be submitted to this Court on DVD or on video or audio compact disc, and shall include any proprietary software necessary to play the recordings.
Any records or transcripts delivered to this Court as sealed by the trial court, with an order of the trial court attached to the record, shall remain sealed until a motion is made to unseal the record or the record is unsealed by this Court. Counsel for any party may move this Court for an order to unseal or seal any appellate record.
In lieu of a printed transcript, the trial court may certify and transmit the transcript on a compact disc, so long as the other requirements for transcripts have been satisfied. Any transcript submitted on a compact disc shall be in a searchable PDF format.
Ga. Ct. App. 18