by Planet Depos | Jan 30, 2014 | Court Reporting
Burnout syndrome, while not yet clearly defined by the scientific community as a “disease,” can literally knock a person right out of their chosen profession. For court reporters who tend to work day and night trying to “catch up” on a regular basis, that concern is...
by Planet Depos | Jan 28, 2014 | General
For a court reporter, keeping your computer bug-free and in good health is almost as important as keeping your body healthy, so here are some things you can do to keep your computer in tip-top shape. Perform regular backups of your files, keeping a full and complete...
by Planet Depos | Jan 23, 2014 | Court Reporting
For court reporters who haven’t yet discovered Text on Top (TOT), it is a software platform created in Europe that was initially marketed to captioning reporters, but is now making its way to the U.S.; and realtime reporters are only now discovering its versatility...
by Planet Depos | Jan 14, 2014 | Court Reporting
No proofreading software can detect all the grammar and punctuation errors that a good human proofreader can, at least not according to Dean Evans of Good Content Co., who ran a snippet of text through the most popular proofreading programs marketed today, and...
by Planet Depos | Jan 9, 2014 | Court Reporting
As steno machine manufacturers modify their writers, making them more ergonomic, lightweight, paperless, and generally sleeker, it appears that there are two reporter factions: those who immediately upgrade, and those who wouldn’t consider trading in their...
