There Is No Substitute for a Real Live Court Reporter
The facts are, that a trained court reporter (not court recorder) can produce a realtime verbatim transcript of proceedings with 99% accuracy. This would be in real-time, immediately, as the proceedings are occurring. This article is a commentary from a court reporter who is well aware of the shortages in the field, as well as […]
Burglary Conviction Overturned Due to Stenographer Errors
A man serving a seven-year prison sentence for a burglary in Byron, NY was granted a new trial because of errors made when a court stenographer was unable to transcribe the final day of the man’s trial in 2016. We have posted about this before on CourtScribes regarding the difficulty some have had understanding African-American […]
St. Louis Launching Court Reporter Program in Response to Shortages
We have reported on this over and over on this site. And it still seems like there is no end in sight of court reporter shortages in America. So to highlight another area where this is occurring, there is a growing shortage in the St. Louis, Missouri, area courtrooms that could have judges and attorney’s […]
Turkish Keyboarder Wins Italy Tournament
A Turkish group of keyboarders on July 19th, 2019, won the top awards at an international keyboarding championship that was held in Italy. Celal Aşkın broke his own record in the text production category for seniors and won a gold medal by typing 156 words a minute. Organized by Intersteno, the International Federation for Information and Communication Processing, […]
Are Court Stenographers on Their Way Out
As technology continues to improve daily, and it does continue rapidly to do so, there has been a concern regarding how much its advancement may cost people their jobs in the future. Now, we have entered an era where not only basic audio recordings, but also voice-to-text translations have become widely available, officials have started […]
Court Reporters Themselves See Stenographer Shortages Ahead
We keep reporting here at CourtScribes.com about the shortages in the court reporting industry. There does not seem to be an end in sight if the enrollment into programs does not increase. Even court reporters themselves see the stenographer shortages ahead. So what can be done? One issue is that television advertisements for schools & […]
Grand Jury Indictment Dismissed After Stenographer Speaks with Grand Jurors
99% of the time court reporters have a positive impact on a courtroom and trial. They do their jobs and do them well. But very rarely, there can be a negative impact. In New York, a Grand Jury indictment was dismissed after a courtroom stenographer spoke with grand jurors during the trial. For the second […]
What to Ask When Hiring a Court Reporter
More times than not, law firms give very little thought to the court reporting firm they will use in litigation. They assume all firms have court reporters who are similarly trained and experienced. Sometimes they stick with a court reporting service they have traditionally used without assessing whether the reporters are meeting the law firm’s […]
What is a Court Reporter
There are many professions that simply do not get the spotlight that they deserve. We know that we need talented doctors, dentists, and teachers. But there are other professionals who have amazing skills in essential positions. A court reporting career showcases those with those amazing skills. Along with the more celebrated lawyers and paralegals, court […]
What is Digital Court Reporting
When it comes to court reporting, people are most familiar with seeing the lady typing on the weird typewriter and going very fast to keep up with the testimony being given. What they may not know is that she is using a special stenographer’s tool that shortens the words for speed purposes. Well, it was […]