Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
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.
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Salary Information
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners: $67,310 (median) per year.
Starting salary (10th percentile).
Required expreience: Varies by Company
Data source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Daily Tasks & Responsibilities
| Task Description | Category |
|---|---|
| Record information from legal proceedings. | General |
| Provide information to the general public. | General |
| Confer with court staff to clarify information. | General |
| File documents or records. | General |
| Verify accuracy of records. | General |
| Enter information into databases or software programs. | General |
| Proofread documents, records, or other files to ensure accuracy. | General |
| Process forensic or legal evidence in accordance with procedures. | General |
| Prepare legal documents. | General |
| Type documents. | General |
| Meet with individuals involved in legal processes to provide information and clarify issues. | Communication |
| Maintain the order of legal documents. | Maintenance |
| Review documents or materials for compliance with policies or regulations. | Maintenance |
Technology Requirements
| Technology | Description |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software |
| Acculaw Court Reporters Billing Scheduling Job Management System ABSMS | Enterprise resource planning ERP software |
| Advantage Software Total Eclipse | Word processing software |
| AudioScribe SpeechCAT | Word processing software |
| Cheetah International SmartCAT | Word processing software |
| Corel WordPerfect Office Suite | Office suite software |
| Courtroom Data Solutions Techlennium | Voice recognition software |
| Electronic Transcript Software ProTEXT | Word processing software |
| Equative TimeLedger | Time accounting software |
| ForTheRecord TheRecord Player | Presentation software |
| Gigatron StenoCAT | Word processing software |
| HTH Engineering Start-Stop PowerPlay | Word processing software |
| Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking | Voice recognition software |
| ProCAT Winner | Word processing software |
| ReporterWorks | Enterprise resource planning ERP software |
| Stenograph Case CATalyst | Word processing software |
| Stenovations Digital CAT | Word processing software |
| Thomson West LiveNote | Word processing software |
| VocEdit | Word processing software |
| Web browser software | Internet browser software |
| Acclaim Legal Acclaim DepoManage | Data base user interface and query software |
| Chase Software Solutions Court Reporting Software | Data base user interface and query software |
| Courtpages | Data base user interface and query software |
| OMTI ReporterBase | Data base user interface and query software |
Relevant Certifications
Industry certifications that may be valuable for this career role:
| Certification | Issuing Organization | Practice Test |
|---|---|---|
| Certificate of Merit | National Verbatim Reporters Association | Not Available |
| Certified Legal Video Specialist | National Court Reporters Association | Not Available |
| Certified Realtime Reporter | National Court Reporters Association | Not Available |
| Certified Reporting Instructor | National Court Reporters Association | Not Available |
| Certified Verbatim Reporter | National Verbatim Reporters Association | Not Available |
| Registered Broadcast Captioner | National Verbatim Reporters Association | Not Available |
| Registered CART Provider - Master | National Verbatim Reporters Association | Not Available |
| Registered Diplomate Reporter | National Court Reporters Association | Not Available |
| Registered Merit Reporter | National Court Reporters Association | Not Available |
| Registered Professional Reporter | National Court Reporters Association | Not Available |