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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
Also Known As…
- 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
- Caption Writer
Tasks for “Court Reporters”
- Record symbols on computer storage media and use computer aided transcription to translate and display them as text.
- Record depositions and other proceedings for attorneys.
- Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public.
- 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.
- Verify accuracy of transcripts by checking copies against original records of proceedings and accuracy of rulings by checking with judges.
- 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.
- Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats.
- File and store shorthand notes of court session.
- File a legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office.
Related Technology & Tools
- Audio tape recorders
- Digital audio recorders
- Dictation equipment
- Stenomasks
- Desktop computers
- Laptop computers
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Photocopying equipment
- Stenotype machines
- Personal computers
- Acclaim Legal Acclaim DepoManage
- Stenograph Case CATalyst
- Acculaw Court Reporters Billing Scheduling Job Management System ABSMS
- Thomson West LiveNote
- Microsoft Excel
- Chase Software Solutions Court Reporting Software
- VocEdit
- Microsoft Word
- Web browser software
- Corel WordPerfect
- HTH Engineering Start-Stop PowerPlay
- Stenovations Digital CAT
- AudioScribe SpeechCAT
- Equative TimeLedger
- Cheetah International SmartCAT
- Electronic Transcript Software ProTEXT
- ForTheRecord TheRecord Player
- Gigatron StenoCAT
- Courtpages
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- ProCAT Winner
- Advantage Software Total Eclipse
- OMTI ReporterBase
- ReporterWorks
- Courtroom Data Solutions Techlennium