How do they match: Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners

  • Transcript Clerk
  • Court Transcriber
  • Data Transcriber
  • Text Transcriber

  • 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.

  • Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats.
  • File a legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office.
  • Proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words.
  • 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.
  • Verify accuracy of transcripts by checking copies against original records of proceedings and accuracy of rulings by checking with judges.