Court Reporting World
I'd had a Mira A3 for a years and I loved it. But, you know how it is with the lure of a new machine. I did my research and settled on Brand X. Well, I hated Brand X. I tried for a year to make Brand...
In social situations, the subject of what do you do for a living invariably comes up. When I was a reporter, it never ceased to amaze me the responses I'd get when I told them I was a court reporter....
Well, today was my first ever day captioning. Never have I been so excited, yet so nervous in my life! Things went pretty well, though, and I only had a slight audio problem on my second show. It...
Last Saturday, I took the CBC exam. I'm feeling hopeful about it, just have to wait forever and a day to find out if I really passed it or not. But I digress. The testing site was at my old alma mater, the Stenotype Institute of Jacksonville.
You're probably wondering, "well, what the heck?" Don't quit reading, just go with me on this. You as a court reporting student receive nothing but encouragement from your teachers, friends and family, and from those of us who are out in the professional steno world.
I don't know what it is about people. They may talk smooth and slow while they're carrying on a conversation, and then -- WHAM! They hit a list of numbers and they're rattling them off like it's nobody's business. Umm...hello, I'm trying to take it down over here!
Are you enjoying Court Reporting and Captioning Week? Have you learned anything? Hopefully I'm whetting your appetite to begin your journey towards a new career. So you've decided to become a court reporter or captioner, what's next? First off, you need a good education.
In honor of Court Reporting and Captioning Week, I'd like to share with you how my journey into the world of steno began. It's been a weird journey, but I wouldn't trade it for a thing. I was a senior in high school, way back in the dark ages.
Well, I'm finally home from my VITAC training. It was a tad cold up in Pennsylvania for this Florida girl, but I did get to see some flurries and that made everything all right. My equipment came and I've been in training for the past few weeks.
Last Saturday, I took the CBC exam. I'm feeling hopeful about it, just have to wait forever and a day to find out if I really passed it or not. But I digress. The testing site was at my old alma mater, the Stenotype Institute of Jacksonville.