Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. Includes stenocaptioners who operate computerized stenographic captioning equipment to provide captions of live or prerecorded broadcasts for hearing-impaired viewers.

Other names for Court Reporters: Caption Writer, Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR), Chancery Clerk, Court Monitor, Court Recorder, Court Recording Monitor, Court Reporter, Court Stenographer, Court Transcriber, Data Transcriber, Deposition Reporter, Freelance Court Reporter, Freelance Court Stenographer, Hearings Reporter, Print Shop Stenographer, Realtime Court Reporter, Shorthand Reporter, Stenocaptioner, Stenographer, Stenographic Court Reporter, Stenotype Operator,

• Take notes in shorthand or use a stenotype or shorthand machine that prints letters on a paper tape.
• Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public.
• Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks.
• Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats.
• Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements.
• File a legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office.
• File and store shorthand notes of court session.
• Respond to requests during court sessions to read portions of the proceedings already recorded.
• Record depositions and other proceedings for attorneys.
• Verify accuracy of transcripts by checking copies against original records of proceedings and accuracy of rulings by checking with judges.
• Record symbols on computer disks or CD-ROM, then translate and display them as text in computer-aided transcription process.

• Cassette players or recorders
• Desktop computers
• Dictation machines
• Digital voice recorders
• Notebook computers
• Personal computers
• Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
• Photocopiers
• Microphones
• Stenotype machines

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Time accounting software

Word processing software

Presentation software

Spreadsheet software

Data base user interface and query software

Internet browser software

Voice recognition software