When it comes to the flexibility that a lot of court reporters like, it also means that they are the ones that control how they spend time. They have a lot of deadlines and need to prepare transcripts as well so that means you have to be organized with your habits and how you approach tasks.

Today we’re going over it all, so read on and find out more!

The more work that you can get done in the less time, the more efficient it can be. Scroll down and check out our time management tips.

Tips

• Plan your day in the first half hour of the day. If you run it over in your head you can figure out how you are going to be spending your time. You may want to edit and then later proofread or do something else. What you do at the beginning of your day will translate throughout the rest of it.
• Find a quiet place to work when not at work. This will help you focus and know what to get done.
• Put your phone on Do Not Disturb mode. Turn it on when you need to get work done and check it in between the break. Try not to text or use apps and stay on point while at work.
• Make big tasks small tasks. Get all of your tasks done and then you will never have to procrastinate when it comes to getting errands done.
• Get a good night’s sleep. Eight hours of good sleep will charge you up perfectly.
• Figure out when you get great work done. If you’re a morning person, shift the majority of your business over and then you can have rest and relaxation too. Put your tasks to get done or work during the times when you are alert and most interested in getting work done.
• Figure out how you work. If you want to work alone while eating sushi and being in the dead quiet, then that’s your thing. There are many ways to encourage good work, such as playing music or being in a quiet area with not many audio distractions.
• Get to places early. That way, you will always be on time.

Managing time is an acquired skill. But even if you don’t naturally have it, you can develop it to the point where you do have it on your own. Learning a new skill is valuable and being more productive will leave you time for the things you care about most. If you can learn to manage your time, that is a skill you can take with you no matter where you go. Thanks for reading our tips, and see you later!

If you’re currently working as one of many real time court reporters, you have probably seen at least a few small updates in the courtroom. While far from being a takeover, you may have seen computers or technology popping up or being utilized in courtrooms across the states. Courts are always going to try and cut costs if they can, and one potential way to do that is technology. However, the lack of dependence on technology is telling.

We’re going over everything court reporting today. So if you want to find out more, scroll down and see what we’re talking about!

Just like in the past, court reporters are a very important part of the court system. While you may be worried about tech affecting opportunities for reporters in the field, if you work in this career path or are considering it, you may be happy to know that your job isn’t going to be replaced by a computer anytime soon.

Technology may not be worth the move; at least, not yet. The quality of audio and video recording along with the accuracy of the machines that do it can be decent, but it’s not foolproof. It’s a long way from matching the accuracy of a real-life stenographer or court reporter. They’re trained to do their job and make little to no mistakes. Consistency and being able to clarify for the record are key when it comes to being a court reporter, and at the end of the day, the courts need the best candidate for the job.

Ever since the nineteenth century, court reporting has been in place. Stenographers have been a crucial part of the court process for a long time, and continue to be necessary aspects of a fair trial or court session. The tools and machines used may have slightly changed, but the process is still the same. Courts need reporters to take down what has happened in a court, and while it’s conceivable to imagine a computer doing this job, the idea of relying on it solely may cause some nerves.

While audio and video recording is a vague threat to the amount of work available for court reporters, there’s no need to worry that they’ll be out of work anytime soon. While some states are setting rulings that allow the courts to swap out tech for people, with reporters and attorneys contesting it in some parts, the costs of transferring higher or hidden costs to clients and lawyers and the ultimate cost of transcription copies and buying and maintaining the tech (as well as repairing it) may cost just as much if not more in the end than stenographers– and with a lot less goodwill all around due to the financial issues.

It’s unlikely that court reporters will go the way of the dodo because tech reliance in this field is a gamble. Court reporters are going to be around for some time. For the moment, the courts need them because they’re the only ones that can be relied upon to do the job.

Today we’re talking about technology in courtrooms and whether they stand the risk of replacing court reporters, so read on and find out more about this topic!

It seems like courts are trying to cut costs and find those ways to do that just like any other field. Introducing technology may be seen as a way to reduce money spent, but is it fully worth the investment? While the California Judicial Council came out with a report in 1992 that said video and audio recording could save courts thousands a year, courts were intrigued. However, a concept is one thing and having technology perform as well as or better than a human court reporter is another.

So, is the reality as that nineties study suggests, and is that solution a true one or hiding behind the illusion that it will cut costs AND perform well? The short answer is that it’s complicated and that right now ultimately humans are the better pick for the job!

Stenographers and trained court reporters are just better at their jobs! While electronic recording devices are somewhat adequate, they are no substitute for the real thing. Experience is one thing– people who work in this field often have a lot of field experience and perform reliably and in the same way for every court case. Can tech do that? Not when it’s occasionally at risk of malfunctioning and breaking down.

Like it or not, human stenographers are more reliable, high-functioning, and accurate than tech is at this time. But as tech advances, there may very well be a point where they are used more frequently in courtrooms. Even Gary Cramer, the spokesman for the CCRA, says that he has confidence that the field will adapt to changing technology while still staying healthy on the human stenographer end of things. In other words, coexistence will win out.

Ever since the nineteenth century, court reporters have had a seat in the courtroom. The tools may have changed but the goal is still the same. Perhaps there may even be a need for court technologists that monitor the tech being used. While there are fears that tech will replace people power in the field, and while some reporters are losing work to this tech there are also not enough courts doing this to warrant the worry. However, some reporters are arguing that hidden costs for audio and video recording are coming down to clients and attorneys, meaning that litigants are paying more and courts are paying less, while the copies cost far more than they would from a reporter.

The reality is that this field is going to stay around for a while. It may evolve slightly, but until the tech can be as accurate and able to be relied upon as a person who has been working this job for a long time, it’s not going anywhere soon.