I attended court reporting school in California and - attempted the Boards which

Posted: Mar 15th, 2022 - 8:54 pm In Reply to: It's ironic how much a company wants you to know - sm

was four voice testimony for 12 minutes(?) at a constant 200 words per minute. It was very difficult. You also have to take written tests for legal and medical terminology, English and state rules and regs. There is a lot more to it than you are allowing. A lot of practice on the steno machine is required to pass each speed level during school for jury charge, literary and Q&A.

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I just have to say Court Reporters suck! - sm (Views: 1236, 2022-03-15, 7:43 am)
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  - Nothing out of the ordinary. - sm (Views: 780, 2022-03-15, 1:56 pm)
    - More power to you doing that legal stuff. I wondered - sm (Views: 513, 2022-03-15, 2:52 pm)
      - Scoping is more editing of a rough draft. Some reporters - will scope their own work. (Views: 485, 2022-03-15, 3:01 pm)
        I don't do scoping. It's strictly typing from the recording - sm (Views: 593, 2022-03-15, 4:12 pm)
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        Usually they flounder and get part of what they heard - sm (Views: 462, 2022-03-15, 4:48 pm)
        She was busted and will not be requested by that - lawyer again. I enjoy (Views: 443, 2022-03-15, 7:21 pm)
- It's ironic how much a company wants you to know - sm (Views: 448, 2022-03-15, 8:45 pm)
  - I attended court reporting school in California and - attempted the Boards which
    - Yeah. It's too bad they don't use what they had to, to pass - a test, sm (Views: 684, 2022-03-15, 9:06 pm)
      - Here in my state, the Boards is Q and A at 225 wpm. - I know of mask writers, but (Views: 575, 2022-03-15, 9:17 pm)
        Yeah. That's what the whole complaint is about! They have a typist - who will, nm (Views: 418, 2022-03-15, 9:22 pm)
        That would take more time than simply scoping it. - Are you billing per page? (Views: 466, 2022-03-15, 9:32 pm)
  - kind of offensive to say a lot are like that - not my experience (Views: 476, 2022-03-15, 10:43 pm)
    - I had one of those training and they talked in the background - sm (Views: 441, 2022-03-16, 9:22 am)
- Yeah. A 13 word sentence and I get one word typed by the court reporter. - BMS, sm (Views: 553, 2022-03-17, 2:34 pm)
- “Court reporters suck” - Jodi (Views: 479, 2022-03-24, 10:28 am)
  - I agree with you 100%. I do legal scoping for a company - that had been slammed on here, and I make (Views: 572, 2022-03-25, 8:01 pm)