court reporting
Verbatim trial documentation
Court reporting is the practice of creating verbatim transcripts of legal proceedings, depositions, and other official events.
Court reporters use stenotype machines or voice recording to capture every word spoken, producing official records for trials, appeals, and legal documentation.
The profession requires certification and extraordinary speed: The court reporter's fingers flew across the keys as witnesses testified.
- stenotype machineChorded keyboard for transcription
- shorthandAbbreviated writing system
- stenographerPerson recording spoken words
- depositionsFormal pretrial questioning
- sworn testimonyOath-bound legal statement
trial proceedings · legal proceedings · captioning · transcription · verbatim · shorthand writing · jury instructions · dictation · legal motions · appellate courts · sentencing hearings · realtime · certified · witness testimonies · witness · gavel · courtroom · stenotype
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- crime newscrime scene, breaking news, arrest report, police blotter, investigative report
- Transcriptiontranscript, transcriptionist, live transcription, verbatim, dictation
- court dutiesjury duty, testimony, oath taking, verdict, deliberation
- court servicesjury duty, bail bonds, legal aid, interpreters, transcription
- media trialstrial by media, media circus, trial coverage, media frenzy, media trials
court reportingaudio recording
Stored sonic information
video recording · digital recording · tape recording · speech-to-text