Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
O*NET Code: 27-3092.00
Education Level
Zone 3 - Medium Prep
Associate degree or apprenticeship
Description
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.
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💼 Also Known As
Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR)Court MonitorCourt RecorderCourt Recording MonitorCourt ReporterCourt StenographerCourt TranscriberDeposition ReporterDigital Court ReporterElectronic Court RecorderHearings ReporterJudicial ReporterOfficial Court ReporterRealtime CaptionerRealtime Court ReporterRecorderShorthand ReporterStenocaptionerStenographerStenotype Operator
⚡ Skills (6)
Active Listening4/100
Writing3/100
Reading Comprehension3/100
Speaking3/100
Monitoring3/100
Time Management3/100
📚 Knowledge (0)
💪 Abilities (0)
🔧 Technologies & Tools (25)
🔥Microsoft Excel
Spreadsheet software
🔥Microsoft Word
Word processing software
0Acclaim Legal Acclaim DepoManage
Data base user interface and query software
0Acculaw Court Reporters Billing Scheduling Job Management System ABSMS
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
0Advantage Software Total Eclipse
Word processing software
0AudioScribe SpeechCAT
Word processing software
0Chase Software Solutions Court Reporting Software
Data base user interface and query software
0Cheetah International SmartCAT
Word processing software
0Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
Office suite software
0Courtpages
Data base user interface and query software
0Courtroom Data Solutions Techlennium
Voice recognition software
0Electronic Transcript Software ProTEXT
Word processing software
0Equative TimeLedger
Time accounting software
0ForTheRecord TheRecord Player
Presentation software
0Gigatron StenoCAT
Word processing software
0HTH Engineering Start-Stop PowerPlay
Word processing software
0Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Voice recognition software
0OMTI ReporterBase
Data base user interface and query software
0ProCAT Winner
Word processing software
0ReporterWorks
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
0Stenograph Case CATalyst
Word processing software
0Stenovations Digital CAT
Word processing software
0Thomson West LiveNote
Word processing software
0VocEdit
Word processing software
0Web browser software
Internet browser software
🔄 Career Transition Paths
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📊 Skills Comparison
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners → Medical Transcriptionists
Transition Difficulty: Easy (75% skill overlap)
✅ Transferable Skills (6)
Skills you already have that transfer to the new role
Active Listening
Current: 4Target: 4
→
Reading Comprehension
Current: 3Target: 4
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Writing
Current: 3Target: 4
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Monitoring
Current: 3Target: 3
→
Speaking
Current: 3Target: 3
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Time Management
Current: 3Target: 3
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