Technological advances backed by changes in federal law in the last few years, have radically transformed the manner in which the legal profession collects and presents information and evidence during a civil, criminal or federal trial.

But guess what: there is a shortage of folks qualified to do this type of work, particularly in Los Angeles. More than ever, the services of a trained court reporter who is skilled in both stenotype and voice recognition software programming, are in demand.

So, let’s say you want to be a court reporter in Los Angeles.  What can you expect the training to be like?  For starters, you will learn how to transcribe spoken words during legal proceedings into complete and accurate written documents.
There are different methods for doing this, the most common being stenographic which employs the use of a stenotype machine to capture words and phrases.

There is also electronic court reporting, for which you would use audio equipment to record speech.

In addition to the courtroom, you could also train as a recorder of meetings and legal processions between government and other high-end professionals, or perhaps even provide closed captioning reporting for the entertainment sector.

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