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Going back to school - info on court reporting and/or scoping? - NYMT

Posted: Nov 06, 2010

Anybody have any info on court reporting and/or scoping?

I've thought about court reporting too but ... - MThere

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my brother-in-law is a DA and says they just replaced their court reporter with simply recording trials. I don't think court reporting is disappearing as much as medical transcription, but it's definitely going the voice rec route, as well.

court reporting - NYMT

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Thanks for your input.

In the county courthouse, there were 8 court reporters - Backwards Typist

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One quit and one is retiring at the end of the year. They do not plan on replacing those two spots. They are also looking into a type of VR/recording. I can't remember the name of it but it doesn't look gook for that occupation either.

High drop out rate in court reporting - thoughtofittoo

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There is a high drop-out rate in court reporting due to learning to use the stenomachine. It's pretty tricky. I checked into it a couple of times, but decided not to go that route. But, if they are going to replace it with VR as well, then I wouldn't even bother.

If it were 25 years ago, and I was in the financial - mess Im in today, I probably - (sm)

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would've tried court reporting. But as stated above, with the possibility of VR becoming more widely used, and the fact that I'm not 25 anymore, I think that train has already left the station, and I'm still standing on the platform........

very high drop out rate per instructor... - toby

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I attended court reporting school in the late 1970s at a very well-known and highly acredited school. One day our instructor had a semi-major meltdown and spilled her guts to our class, stating that there was a 98% drop-out rate. Not something you want to hear when you're spending the big bucks for tuition and you've already got 2+ years invested. It's not that hard to learn the stenotype machine. It is tricky but can be done. The real challenge is in gaining speed, from the lowest speed of, say, 40 wpm, up to 200+ wpm which is needed to be able to take the certification tests. I was at it 3 years and could not get past 180 before I burned out. Of my starting class of about 30 newbies only one person actually got certificated that I know of.

I was just on jury duty and in my county there - wm

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are no court reports, everything is filmed for video and audio. I guess someone might transcribe the audio, but now sure who or how.

Transcribing Court Reporting - OldHandAtThis

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Transcription would only be done if it was needed (for example if the case was to be appealed) as is a big undertaking and quite expensive. It has to be exactly accurate, just as medical transcription should be. The attorneys for the client who needs a transcription would arrange for the transcription and pay for it (ultimately of course, the client pays.) If you want to try your hand at doing this, I would suggest that you put together a brochure describing your experience, references, equipment, TAT, rates, etc., and contact attorneys in your area.

court reporting will never be replaced - by VR

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There is absolutely no way! Yes, they are recording audio/visual more and more, but VR or SR could never do that job. There are always multi-speakers - and then think about trials - no way, never. Court reporters don't just work in the courtrooms - they can travel to take depos, hearings, and do all kinds of things and make BIG money doing it. I don't want to wait four years to get my degree and the only school we had here in Vegas closed a year ago. This is not a course I would feel comfortable taking on-line, which is why I passed on the course.

court reporting - NYMT

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I was thinking to try it. There is also the scoping end of it as Ive been reading about. Hopefully some reporters could use an editor. As I have an AAS degree in legal secretarial and with the MT background, I might have an advantage. Thanks for all the input.

court reporting - Bellamia

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Don't waste your money. I enrolled in a court reporting school a few years back and was in the program 1.5 years. The cost is ridiculous. By the time I got to the speed they required I could have gotten a 4 year degree. I ended up doing medical transcription after I could not get the speed. Only one person in our class actually made it as a court reporter..

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