Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners — Tasks

Task statements

• 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.
• Record depositions and other proceedings for attorneys.
• Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements.
• Proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words.
• File a legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office.
• Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats.
• Take notes in shorthand or use a stenotype or shorthand machine that prints letters on a paper tape.
• File and store shorthand notes of court session.
• Respond to requests during court sessions to read portions of the proceedings already recorded.
• Swear in witnesses.
• Log and store exhibits from court proceedings.
• File exhibits.
• Verify accuracy of transcripts by checking copies against original records of proceedings and accuracy of rulings by checking with judges.