| If you are interested in working for the legal firms | | | | per the job market analysis, very few people are |
| and organizing various legal proceedings, meeting | | | | entering as stenographic typists in this profession. |
| and events then you should choose a career as a | | | | There are many careers in this stream. The most |
| Court reporter. | | | | common career is stenographic typists. The |
| A court reporter basically makes verbatim | | | | employment opportunities in this occupation are |
| transcripts of conversations, speeches, meetings, | | | | expected to grow 25% faster as compared to |
| legal proceedings and various other events. | | | | other occupations. The demand for the court |
| Sometimes it is important to have written | | | | reporters is going to increase due to the growing |
| accounts of the things spoken for legal proof or | | | | need to make captions of prerecorded or live TV |
| records, correspondence, and the court reporters | | | | and to provide translating services for the dumb |
| are responsible for such records. The reporters | | | | and deaf communities. The voice writers are also |
| play an important role not just in the judicial | | | | widely in demand due to the problem faced in |
| proceedings but also at different meetings where | | | | hiring workers and the improvement in the |
| the words spoken have to be recorded and | | | | accuracy of speech recognition technology. Also |
| preserved as a transcript. They have to make | | | | Federal legislation has made it mandatory that all |
| sure that the record secured is accurate, | | | | the TV programs must be captioned for dumb |
| complete and legal. | | | | and deaf people. Also Americans that are disabled |
| Apart from maintaining records they also have to | | | | have the right to ask for real time translation |
| help trial attorneys and judges in different ways | | | | services in their colleges and universities. |
| like searching and organizing information or giving | | | | Compensation methods of the court reporters |
| suggestions to the attorneys and judges regarding | | | | differ with the experience, job type, and the level |
| the procedures and administration of the | | | | of degree achieved. Official court reporters earn |
| courtroom. Now, the they also offer real time | | | | per page fees or a particular salary. CART |
| translating and closed captioning services to deaf | | | | providers earn on hourly basis. Freelance court |
| and dumb communities. | | | | reporters are paid per page fees for the |
| In order to become a court reporter you need to | | | | transcripts they record or write. Court reporters |
| earn a court reporter degree. The job | | | | make an average salary of $42000 per year. |
| opportunities available for court reporters are | | | | Taking up working as a Court reporter as a |
| expected to increase in different countries. The | | | | career is a great option as with growing |
| individuals with certifications and specialization in | | | | experience and qualification an individual can |
| CART, webcasting services and broadcasting | | | | increase his salary too. |
| captioning can make a great career in this field. As | | | | |