Court Reporters And The Equipment They Use In A Courtroom
Court Reporters are an entrancing lot
Court Reporters are an entrancing lot. I wonder how they keep it together notwithstanding all the commotion that takes place around them in the courtroom. As the parades of experts come and go, you can see them pound away or talk into the equipment that help them do their court reporting roles. It is clear only a few people understand the tools that help court reporters perform their careers so promising.
In this article, I inspect this equipment for court reporting. The court reporter may use 2 gadgets in the performance of their role. They're the Stenograph and the Silencer.
I am going to start out by talking about the stenograph. The stenograph or stenotype is a specialized keyboard used by court reporters to do their career. It is meant to make allowances for shorthand typing. The keyboard is compact similar to a piano. The symbols on the typewriter are phrases or words.
They are transcribed in real time to computers. A good court reporter employing a stenotype can type up to 300 words per minute. It's this speed that permits the court reporter to capture all the words claimed in the court of law. A number of these machines are even wireless.
The second and last court reporter equipment I'm going to review is the Silencer. The silencer is a hand held facial mask that contains a microphone. The transcriptionist uses this silencer for voice reporting. Using the voice-writing methodology, a court reporter speaks straight into the silencer. As the court reporter repeats the sworn testimony into the recorder. The facial cone on the silencer prohibits the reporter from being heard during the affidavit. The silencer records everything that's said by judges, witnesses, lawyers, and other parties in the courtroom.
Today, other types of equipment are being developed so court reporters have the best equipment to deliver an error proof transcript of the testimony.