Real-time transcription
Encyclopedia
Realtime transcription is the general term for transcription
by court reporters using Computer Aided Transcription ("CAT") technology to deliver computer text screens within a few seconds of the words being spoken. Specialist software allows participants in court hearings or depositions
to make notes in the text and highlight portions for future reference.
Typically, realtime writers can produce text using stenograph machines at the rate of at least 200 words per minute. Stenographers can typically type up to 300 words per minute for short periods of time, but most cannot sustain such a speed.
Realtime transcription is also used in the broadcasting
environment where it is more commonly termed "captioning."
Specific careers include the following:
Transcription (linguistics)
Transcription in the linguistic sense is the systematic representation of language in written form. The source can either be utterances or preexisting text in another writing system, although some linguists only consider the former as transcription.Transcription should not be confused with...
by court reporters using Computer Aided Transcription ("CAT") technology to deliver computer text screens within a few seconds of the words being spoken. Specialist software allows participants in court hearings or depositions
Deposition (law)
In the law of the United States, a deposition is the out-of-court oral testimony of a witness that is reduced to writing for later use in court or for discovery purposes. It is commonly used in litigation in the United States and Canada and is almost always conducted outside of court by the...
to make notes in the text and highlight portions for future reference.
Typically, realtime writers can produce text using stenograph machines at the rate of at least 200 words per minute. Stenographers can typically type up to 300 words per minute for short periods of time, but most cannot sustain such a speed.
Realtime transcription is also used in the broadcasting
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
environment where it is more commonly termed "captioning."
Career opportunities
Realtime reporting is used in a variety of industries, including entertainment, television, the Internet, and law.Specific careers include the following:
- Judicial reporters - use a stenotype to provide instant transcripts on computer screens as a trial or deposition occurs.
- Communication Access Real-time Translation (CART) reporters — assist the hearing-impaired by translating spoken words into text, giving them personal access to the communications they need on a day-to-day basis.
- Television broadcast captioners — use realtime reporting technology to allow hard-of-hearing or deaf people to see what is being said on live television broadcasts such as news, emergency broadcasts, sporting events, awards shows, and other programs.
- Internet information (or Webcast) reporters — provide realtime reporting of sales meetings, press conferences, and other events, while simultaneously transmitting the transcripts to computers world-wide.
- Other rapid data entry positions.
External links
- National Court Reporters Association (stenotype)
- National Verbatim Reporters Association (speech recognition)
- CourtReportingHelp.com, a student resource center
- Court Reporting Office Management and web-based transcript repository software (court reporting firm software)
- Court reporting firm deposition repository for 24 x 7 access to office schedule, court reporter jobs and turnin, and attorney schedule and file transfer (deposition transcript repository)
- Realtime Reporting at Drexel University
- U.S. Department of Labor Info on Court Reporting/Realtime Reporting