subject: The Job Of The Court Reporter [print this page] Courtroom reporters or court reporters are the men and women we see sitting off to the side of the courtroom, keying or whispering away in a fast pace. In the case have you asked yourself before just what the court reporter's job is.
A Court reporter commonly create word for word transcripts of speeches, conversations, legal proceedings, hearings, meetings, and other events when written accounts of spoken words are requisite for correspondence, records, or legal proof.
Court reporters play a critical role not only in judicial proceedings, but also at every meeting where the spoken word must be preserved as a written transcript. A court reporter takes the responsibility of ensuring a complete, accurate, and secure legal record.
A stenotype machine which is also known as a short hand machines plays an important role in every court reporter's lives. The short hand machine is the partner of the court reporter inside the court room. The job of a court reporter have not been any better because of the development of the so called short hand machine. A court reporter can write in the speed of 225 words per minute at a very high accuracy by using the short hand machine. Every spoken words inside the courtroom can now all be recorded in the fastest possible time and it is because of the stenotype machine and/ or the short hand machine.
Nowadays, there are also tools that have been of great help for the Court Reporters. Living in a fast paced world more and more have been developed and invented which benefits not only the court reporters but also the people involved in the courtrooms as well.
