Court Reporter Machine

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Court reporter machine.

Through a comprehensive post secondary court reporting program reporters are able to capture spoken words in a phonetic code on a stenotype machine with each line of characters representing a sound or syllable. A stenotype stenotype machine shorthand machine or steno writer is a specialized chorded keyboard or typewriter used by stenographers for shorthand use. Current court reporters retired court reporters and court reporting students are the only people in the world who have any idea how to use steno machines. In order to pass the united states registered professional reporter test a trained court reporter or closed captioner must write speeds of approximately 180 200 and 225 words per minute wpm at very high accuracy in the categories of.

We are a recognized court reporting supplies store. A court reporter is a professional who is most often licensed and or certified to record proceedings using a stenotype machine. It looks something like a small typewriter but it has only 22 keys including numerals. By touching one or more keys the reporter captures the sounds of words in a phonetic code with each line of characters representing one sound.

The machine to which you refer is known as a stenotype machine. Choose from new or refurbished. All writers come with a comprehensive warranty and support plan. Only approximately 30 000 court reporters are currently working in the united states.