Top Manhattan Court Reporter Sues to Get His Job Back
A former top stenographer for Manhattan (New York) civil courts claims he was wrongly fired. And that same Manhattan court reporter sues to get his state job back. John Phelps is claiming in a new suit against the New York state court system that some of his alleged misconduct had been authorized by Manhattan’s chief […]
The National Court Reporters Association Annual Expo in Denver
29 men and women filled the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver representing the cream of the court reporting crop. They descended on the Mile High City for the annual National Court Reporters Association Convention and Expo, where contestants are competing for the chance to be crowned the fastest and most accurate reporters and captioners […]
New York State Dealing With Court Stenographer Shortages
News out of Albany, New York shows that across the country officials are looking to recruit young professionals to be court stenographers. This effort comes as big changes are being made to the justice system in New York state. We in the stenographer community tip our hat to New York as they are dealing with […]
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 […]