How do they match: Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners

  • 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.

  • Log and store exhibits from court proceedings.
  • Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public.
  • Record depositions and other proceedings for attorneys.
  • Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks.
  • Respond to requests during court sessions to read portions of the proceedings already recorded.
  • Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats.
  • Verify accuracy of transcripts by checking copies against original records of proceedings and accuracy of rulings by checking with judges.

  • Process forensic or legal evidence in accordance with procedures.
  • Record information from legal proceedings.