Court Reporters & Simultaneous Captioners
Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR), Court Reporter, Court Stenographer, Official Court Reporter
What they do:
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.
On the job, you would:
- Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public.
- Record symbols on computer storage media and use computer aided transcription to translate and display them as text.
- Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks.
Knowledge
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Business
- administrative services
- customer service
Safety and Government
- law and government
Skills
Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- writing things for co-workers or customers
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilities
Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by writing
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Personality
People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Self-Control
- Cautiousness
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Stress Tolerance
Technology
You might use software like this on the job:
Word processing software
- Advantage Software Total Eclipse
- Microsoft Word Hot Technology
Data base user interface and query software
- Acclaim Legal Acclaim DepoManage
- OMTI ReporterBase
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Acculaw Court Reporters Billing Scheduling Job Management System ABSMS
- ReporterWorks
Education
Education: (rated 2 of 4)
associate's degree or other 2-year degree or
certificate after high school
usually needed
certificate after high school
usually needed
Job Outlook
Below Average
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
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