National Court Reporting & Captioning Week Part 2: What is your favorite tool for the trade of court reporting and why?
National Court Reporting and Captioning Week is being celebrated February 14-20. The week-long event is designed to celebrate the court reporting and captioning professions and to help raise public awareness about the growing number of employment opportunities the career offers. In recognition of the outstanding court reporters PohlmanUSA has the opportunity to work with each and every day, we wanted to highlight their responses to questions we posed surrounding their profession.
The second question we asked was, “What is your favorite tool for the trade of court reporting and why?” Here’s what they had to say:
My favorite tool is the reporting software I use, Stenograph’s Case CATalyst. When I first began reporting, I would type from my notes on a word processor or dictate them for a typist. Computer-aided transcription is much more efficient. – Mary G
The tool that I use constantly is Google Search. Whether it’s a deposition of a forensic toxicologist, an orthopedic surgeon, a railroad worker, an employee of a recycling plant, an RN at a hospital, etc., I am always looking up unfamiliar words for the correct spellings and then reading what the definition is. – Laurie F
My favorite tool is wireless broadcasting of realtime to attorneys. I no longer make deposition/courtrooms look like Charlotte’s Web. – Deralyn G
There are two favorite tools for me. My writer (stenographic machine) is fun to write on, and the computer-aided transcription (CAT) software I use is top-notch. – Kathy W
My favorite tool is the software and audio sync. – Laura L
I’m a bit old-school, but I love my Marantz digital recorder. It works as a recorder and you can attach a foot pedal for transcription. I still believe in having two sources of audio backup! – Kathy O
My favorite tool is “Brief It.” It’s a window that pops up on the right-hand side of your screen that provides briefs as you are doing real time. It is awesome. – Julia B
For more information about court reporting, visit http://www.ncra.org/. For more information about starting a career in court reporting, please visit us at http://pohlmanusa.com/.
