2008 is coming to a close, and, as you sit down and think about your resolutions for the New Year, it is also important to reflect on what you have accomplished in the previous year. Specifically, what have you done to increase your skills and market court reporter value in your county, city, and state? Have you built relationships judges, court officials
On election night, eight major national networks, including 3 all-news networks, used VITAC realtime captioners to provide English and Spanish access to viewers who were deaf or hard-of-hearing. Through the efforts of 92 captioners and 600 different data connections, 71 million viewers watching Barack Obama's win all had access to near-perfect captioning
On election night, about 30 deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals gathered at NPR headquarters to witness first-hand the station's new high definition radio and captioning system. This new system was brought about by a grant from the Department of Education. The satellite feed will go to all stations from a caption stenographer, but in order for
This article offers a profile of court reporters and what they do. In addition to describing court reporters that use stenotype machines, the article also mentions ER and voicewriting as forms of court reporting. The article talks about closed captioning and realtime closed captioning as potential uses of a court reporter's skill. Learn More
There is a massive amount of data available in various digital formats, but ever-shifting platforms and file formats mean that all that information could become inaccessible in as short as 10 years. Many organizations are investing money in the digitizing process, but it is a waste if the information is eventually going to be lost. The article poses