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Job Description
Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. Includes stenocaptioners who operate computerized stenographic captioning equipment to provide captions of live or prerecorded broadcasts for hearing-impaired viewers.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 23-2091.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 56,940.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 27.00
- Currently, there are 17,700 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Court Reporters”.
Also Known As…
- Court Reporters
- Stenographer
- Realtime Court Reporter
- Official Court Reporter
- Freelance Court Reporter
- Digital Court Reporter
- Deposition Reporter
- Court Stenographer
- Court Reporter
- Court Recording Monitor
- Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR)
- Voice Writing Reporter
- Transcript Clerk
- Text Transcriber
- Stenotype Operator
- Stenographic Court Reporter
- Stenocaptioner
- Shorthand Reporter
- Roving Court Reporter
- Realtime Captioner
- Print Shop Stenographer
- Judicial Reporter
- Hearings Reporter
- Freelance Operator
- Freelance Court Stenographer
- Electronic Court Recorder
- District Court Reporter
- Data Transcriber
- Court Transcriber
- Court Recorder
- Court Monitor
- Chancery Clerk
Tasks for “Caption Writer”
- Record depositions and other proceedings for attorneys.
- Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats.
- Record symbols on computer storage media and use computer aided transcription to translate and display them as text.
- Verify accuracy of transcripts by checking copies against original records of proceedings and accuracy of rulings by checking with judges.
- File a legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office.
- Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements.
- Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks.
- Respond to requests during court sessions to read portions of the proceedings already recorded.
- Take notes in shorthand or use a stenotype or shorthand machine that prints letters on a paper tape.
- File and store shorthand notes of court session.
- Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laptop computers
- Audio tape recorders
- Personal computers
- Photocopying equipment
- Digital audio recorders
- Dictation equipment
- Stenotype machines
- Desktop computers
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Stenomasks
- Corel WordPerfect
- Acculaw Court Reporters Billing Scheduling Job Management System ABSMS
- Electronic Transcript Software ProTEXT
- ForTheRecord TheRecord Player
- Stenovations Digital CAT
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- Gigatron StenoCAT
- Courtroom Data Solutions Techlennium
- Courtpages
- Advantage Software Total Eclipse
- Equative TimeLedger
- Microsoft Excel
- Cheetah International SmartCAT
- Acclaim Legal Acclaim DepoManage
- AudioScribe SpeechCAT
- VocEdit
- Microsoft Word
- ReporterWorks
- Thomson West LiveNote
- Web browser software
- ProCAT Winner
- HTH Engineering Start-Stop PowerPlay
- OMTI ReporterBase
- Stenograph Case CATalyst
- Chase Software Solutions Court Reporting Software