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Scoping. Has anyone ever done this? - nobody
Posted: Jul 01, 2010
I keep seeing this ad and it seems so interesting but I also feel it is probably as scam. Does anyone have experience in this at all? It seems like it would be so easy for a good transcriptionist to do this. I'm just starting to so loathe my job and want a change. I even attempted the court reporting but I couldn't get past using phonetics instead of spelling words correctly. It drove me crazy and it is very hard to train for one and work for the other at the same time as your brain has to really change its thinking or at least it did for me.
scoping - scout
[ In Reply To ..]Hi,
I did "scoping" for about 10 years, but then the work just dried up. The court reporters' equipment is so sophisticated now, they don't really need scopers anymore. At least that was my experience. So I switched from scoping to medical transcription and have been doing medical transcription for the past ten years.
Are they pretty similar? - nobody
[ In Reply To ..]There seems to be a lot of similarity in them. Can you do them both at the same time?
scoping - deadre
[ In Reply To ..]My daughter is a court reporter and does some scoping for other reporters. I would recommend you check out the yahoo boards for court reporters as that is where those professionals hang out and post. Scoping is what the legal field calls the transcription from the audio (usually) taken by a court reporter. As I have found in doing proofreading for her, there are some differences in what is acceptable English and grammar between the two professions. But they are both typing from audio files.
scoping - Joyce
[ In Reply To ..]Scoping is alive and well! It is not nearly as much typing as MT because you are "editing" the reporter's transcript, not typing from scratch. The CAT software has a bit of learning curve but makes the job much easier and faster. In my opinion, the job outlook is excellent! Feel free to contact me if you would like more info.
Joyce
joyce@midwestscoping.com
Scoping is not typing from audio files; it is text editing. - Jane Cook
[ In Reply To ..]
In recent years, an audio backup system was created for court reporters, so that as they write on the steno machine, they are also recording what is taking place in the courtroom.
Some scopists (especially ones who haven't learned to read steno very well) make extensive use of audio, but I use it only for occasional spot-checking, as do most experienced scopists. Listening to poor-quality audio and trying to "fill in the blanks" is not really a good way to go. Court reporters I work with will not work with scopists who have to rely on audio to any great extent.
The steno machine is the dominant means of making the record in the court reporting field, and scopists do editing for those steno reporters. A very small segment of the field is covered by people who rely entirely on audio recording, but they use better-quality recording equipment than is generally in use by steno reporters.
Hope this helps to clarify what scoping is all about. It's a great career that I've enjoyed for a long time, after doing medical transcription years ago.
An interesting discussion has just been taking place at the Court Reporting Forum at Compuserve regarding the importance of attention to detail on the part of scopists. The topic of “sweating the small stuff” may be of help to anyone contemplating entering the scoping field!
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http://community.compuserve.com/n/pfx/forum.aspxtsn=29&nav=messages&webtag=ws-crforum&tid=69610
This is a long thread, but very informative when you wade through the "chit-chat" and get down to the serious discussion of what is important to maintaining the integrity of this great career!
Scopists are needed more than ever now! - Jane Cook
[ In Reply To ..]In all the years I've been scoping, it has definitely not dried up. And the CAT systems that have been in use for years need the human element because no computer software program can think like a human can.
This is an "urban legend" and definitely not accurate. Years ago, we were told we would all be replaced by tape recorders, but it hasn't happened yet (and never will)!
I have done scoping for 18 years! - Jane Cook
[ In Reply To ..]Scoping is quite legitimate. Definitely not a scam.
When you are learning to read the steno language (which is a requirement for success in the field), you learn to separate in your mind plain old English and the shorthand that court reporters use.
It requires some focus, but it isn't rocket science!
Feel free to get in touch with me if you would like information about scoping from an "old pro"! :)
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