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Court Reporting School Students – Can You Help Solve this Savage Stenographic...
Can you help transcribe this shorthand draft written by Charles Dickens? In one of his most famous novels, David Copperfield, 19th century writer Charles Dickens described the Thomas Gurney system of...
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Second Languages a Focus of Closed Captioning Careers
Studies show closed captioning helps both youth and adult students better learn foreign languages. Are you a bona fide linguaphile? Then a closed captioning career may be just the thing for you....
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Old School Cartoons Celebrate Stenography, Court Reporting Careers
Bill Parsons is on a mission – “to preserve an important part of the history of court reporting for future generations of court reporters.” That part of history is a series of print cartoons by...
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NCRA, NCRF Recruiting Court Reporting School Students to Help Transcribe...
Want to be a part of preserving America’s history? Students enrolled in court reporting schools are invited to participate in the NCRF’s Veterans History Project. If you’re a student currently enrolled...
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Netflix Agrees to Add Closed Captioning to All Programming
After a two-year court battle Netflix has agreed to provide closed captioning for 100 percent of its programming by 2014. A victory two years in the making was realized this week when the National...
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Spooky Way to Practice Your Captioning and Court Reporting Skills
Each year, VITAC chooses a classic horror flick to caption and add audio description so that it can be enjoyed by hearing-impaired and vision-impaired cinephiles. This year, it’s the 1962 cult classic,...
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Activists Call Out FCC on New Closed Captioning Rules that Fall Short of...
Many in the deaf and hard-of-hearing community say new FCC rules on closed captioning fall short. Deaf and hard-of-hearing activists are calling new Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rulings on...
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Graduates of Court Reporting Schools Share Top Learning & Study Tips
Boost your learning and study skills by hanging with fellow court reporting students, sharing classroom challenges and ideas. If you’re a student at a court reporting school, or considering enrolling...
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5 Court Reporting Practice Tips from the Stenotype Institute
Each court reporting practice session should begin with a full-body stretch. Want to boost your stenography speed and skill? Check out these court reporting practice tips from Florida’s Stenotype...
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Five Great Gadgets for Court Reporters
A wireless mouse can be a huge help for court reporters asked to quickly read back earlier testimony. Besides the bare necessities – your steno machine, audio recorder and laptop computer with wireless...
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Courting Disaster Online Game Will be The SIMS of the Court Reporting World
New online game, “Courting Disaster” takes players through a day in the life of court reporters.If you’re a fan of computer and video games, you’re no doubt familiar with The Sims, the strategic life...
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Flirting with Disaster – Court Reporters Must Beware of Suggestive Tricks
Flirting in the court room? Bad idea, professional court reporters say. It could affect the outcome of an important legal case and cost you your career. Court reporters are trained to be completely...
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Real-Time Captioning Helps Deaf Students Engage, Succeed
Real time captioning for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, plus those with other learning challenges, can make a dramatic difference in their academic and social success. For those interested in...
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Court Reporting 68th Best Job in the Country, Survey Says
Court reporting and stenography rank 68 among the nation’s best jobs. CareerCast.com recently released its list of the 200 best jobs in America, and court reporting /stenography hit a respectable No....
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U.S. Senator Tom Harkin Introduces Two New Bills That May Boost Captioning...
Two new bills introduced in the U.S. Senate would improve access to captioning and video description in theaters and on air planes. It’s no secret that captioning careers are already hot and growing....
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Is a Court Reporting Career Right for You?
Wondering if a court reporting career is right for you? We can help. Court reporting, in Florida and elsewhere, is an increasingly attractive career choice. After all, successful court reporters enjoy...
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Studying Court Reporting Online? Florida’s Top Court Reporting School Offers...
Connecting with mentors and fellow students can help boost your chance for success when studying court reporting online. For students living at least 50 miles from the Stenotype Institute’s...
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Shortage of Court Reporters Forces Court Closings, Sentencing Delays
A nationwide shortage of court reporters means justice is being delayed in many courts. Courts around the nation are reporting scheduling and even sentencing problems blamed on a growing shortage of...
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New Florida Law May Boost Opportunities for Stenographers Offering Services...
Closed captioning specialists serving deaf and hard-of-hearing students may see a boost in opportunities thanks to a new Florida law. On July 1, more than 200 new or amended Florida laws went into...
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Tips for Landing Great Court Reporting Jobs
Court reporting jobs are expected to be plentiful over the next few years. Statistics from the U.S. Bureau predicting an 18-percent growth in the court reporting profession between 2008 and 2018,...
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