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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT COURT REPORTING

Q: How much money can I make?
A: How much money you make is dependent, again, on many variables such as your roduction speed, who your clients are, what kind of practice you have, your location. But a well trained, well qualified reporter who is willing to work full-time can enjoy above average income.

Q: What type of person makes a good court reporter?
A: Court reporting is not a nine-to-five job. It takes individuals who are self-motivated and self-disciplined and who do well when they are not supervised. While typing is not all-important, good verbal skills are, including good spelling, grammar and punctuation habits. Obviously, the court reporter should have no hearing or speech impairments.

Q: Do I need to be a good typist?
A: Court reporters, both official and free-lance, get paid by the page. Therefore, someone producing 100 pages per day makes twice as much as someone producing 50 pages per day.
If you are not a fast typist, perhaps you can use a typist to type for you. In today's computer age, output has increased dramatically, however, through technology.

Q: What does the future look like for Stenomask court reports?
A: Stenomask reporters are truly on the brink of technology. The voice recognition software, which is currently being marketed, translates spoken words to test on a screen. As this technology has advanced to even faster speeds, our transcribing capabilities have been dramatically enhanced. We are now able to provide real-time reporting because of this technology.

Q: How can I become a part of the dynamic and lucrative profession of court reporting?
A: See the "How to Apply" section of this site and send in your application and enrollment forms today!

Q: What is the demand for new court reporters?
A: The demand for court reporters has always outstripped the supply. This basic economic principle of supply and demand is the reason court reporters enjoy a better-than-average
income in both good and bad economic periods. In fact, when the economy turns downward, the demand for reporters increases as litigation increases.

Q: How does the voice method of reporting work?
A: The reporter speaks into the Stenomask repeating behind the speakers what they say, making a tape recording of the reporter's voice. The Stenomask allows the reporter not to
be heard by other participants in the room. The reporter then causes the dictated material to be transcribed into booklet form for the requesting party.

Q: Why can I learn this method of reporting so much more quickly than I can learn stenotype?
A: To learn to use the Stenomask, you use the language skills which you currently possess.

Q: Is Stenomask widely used?
A: The Stenomask system of reporting was developed in the 1940's and has been used extensively throughout military courts since that time. From military courts it has
expanded into civilian courts, both state and federal, and is also widely used in free-lance practices across the United States and Canada. Actual statistics regarding specific numbers of reporters using each method, obviously, change constantly. For specific current information, contact the school or your state licensing agency.

Q: Do Stenomask reporters earn as much money as stenotype reporters?
A: Absolutely. The amount of money you earn is dependent upon many variables such as your production skills, your clients, their paying habits. Income is a function of the individual
involved and not the method of takedown.

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