The Essential Requirements to be a Court Reporter

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The Essential Requirements To be a Court Reporter
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• Court reporters have an incredibly important job.
  They use a machine called a stenographer that
  helps them in transcribing depositions, court
  sessions, and other events where accuracy is
  vital. Legal secretaries do typical secretarial
  work as well as helping lawyers research and file
  court documents.

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• If you are looking for a career in court
  reporting, you need to first learn the theory,
  then the machine and lastly concentrate on
  building up your speed. Remember the whole thing
  is about speed-building and at the end of the day
  it is the only thing that is going to help you
  the most. You will be required to pass many tests
  throughout your education at each speed. Theyll
  be in 10-word increments, so you start out at 60
  words a minute, 70 words a minute, 80, 90, and
  you have to pass three tests at each speed at
  98.5 accuracy always.

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• Also, once you learn everything, you need to be
  certified and for that you need to pass a test
  which is given by the state. It may be as long as
  two days. The courtroom testimony is at 200 words
  a minute, and you also have to take the written
  test, where youre tested on medical terminology,
  legal procedure and English.

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• Remember people never speak smoothly so along
  with your program of speed building you also need
  to learn lots of English grammar because you are
  writing what people are saying and they dont
  speak with periods and commas. So, for better
  understanding and for smooth reading you need to
  understand where to insert the required
  punctuations.

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• Also the most important thing that a court
  reporter needs to remember is that they are
  officers of the court and they have no say in
  anything. They cannot be bias to anyone. As a
  court reporter, one should never provide any
  opinion ever. Every court reporter has a right to
  refuse anyone who asks for any kind of opinion.
  It is after all the most difficult yet the most
  important thing needed.

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