Category Archives: Steno

First Deposition!

I did my first deposition yesterday!  It was also the first time that both counsels appeared via video conference and so only the witness was in the room with me.  Imagine if the witness was there of a heinous crime, … Continue reading

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Free!

Feeling surreal because my transcript load is gone and complete for the first time since April.  Not sure what to do with myself now that I have no transcripts on my plate.  On the other hand, while I have lots … Continue reading

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Steno firsts in June 2018

In the month of June, I’ve had a lot of steno firsts (thus still no time to blog freely). I’ve had someone who was visually impaired bring in a guide dog as part of an examination

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No unique blog posts for a while

Just as I thought I was going to finally resurface this weekend for some sunshine and no transcripts on my plate, I’ve been dumped with a big slew of a back-order from last summer.  *shakes fists*   

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Burning out

I never thought this day would come.  I’m burnt out from doing transcripts. For the first time in my steno career, I’ve been inundated with transcripts for more than two months… I feel like I haven’t stopped editing or scoping … Continue reading

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A Full One-Day Arbitration

Today I had my first  *look above at the title*.  It was quite short I guess?  It went from 10 to 4 p.m. and since I had mentally prepared and anticipated it going until 5 p.m., I was surprised it … Continue reading

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Court Reporter Working from Home

You know, lately, as much as I would have loved to blog about steno and share photos from different courtrooms or board rooms, I just haven’t been able to :/. When I am on site, it’s the same one I’ve … Continue reading

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CSRAO Annual Conference 2017 ~ Captioning Bootcamp

I came back from my vacation just in time for the CSRAO Annual Conference this year — yes, it is that important and exciting to me!  This year, I was especially excited because there was a captioning bootcamp session.  Captioning … Continue reading

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First pharma case in a nice office

I’ve passed by this building many, many times but this was the first time I got to report in one of the firms on the upper floors! It was really posh inside and the conference room itself even had an … Continue reading

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This should become a reporting standard

There were two witnesses in today’s steno job.  The parties had requested a split monitor with HDMI cable capabilities and also a large screen with a projector.  It was the first time I had a job with a tech request … Continue reading

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