SSC 360 Rewind - Court Reporting

We take a look at one of the nation's fastest growing fields - court reporting, as well as South Suburban College's program.

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Education

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• SSC
• 360
• Rewind
• South
• Suburban
• College
• Court
• Reporting

[SSC360]

In response to MoreViralVideos Inquiry: What if I think I’d be good at this type of work, but I’m not the best speller… Does that matter?

"You must be willing to work on any deficiencies as you go through the program and that includes spelling and punctuation." - LaTherese Cooke

[SSC360]

"One cannot say how long it will take a student to complete the court reporting program definitely because it depends on how fast the student can build speed at the steno machine. I would estimate from what I've seen over the years that it can take anywhere from two to four years to achieve 225 words per minute." - LaTherese Cooke

[SSC360]

"The explanation is that we press multiple letters at once to write a word or words. We control the initial consonants of a word with our left fingers, the final consonants of a word with our right fingers, and the vowels with our thumbs." - Don Dalton

[SSC360]

"When they record a trial or deposition, someone has to transcribe the audio, which is an impossible job. First, you do not know who is talking. Court reporters see who is talking and identify each person before they speak. Then, there are countless times when people mumble, slur words, speak too fast, talk at the same time as another person, and those words are indistinguishable on the tape...

[SSC360]

...Also, extraneous noises, shuffling of paper near the microphone that picks up the audio, coughing, etc., cause the words spoken at that time to be indistinguishable. In all of these situations, the court reporter speaks up and tells the people to repeat the words that were not heard. So the record is always inferior when done with electronic recording rather than using a court reporter." - Don Dalton

[SSC360]

"If you're an official court reporter, starting pay is approx. $44,000/year, and you also have the ability to be paid anywhere from $10,000 - $15,000 extra for transcripts. The school doesn't necessarily matter when finding a job, because the job market is wide open. However, SSC is the best school for court reporting in IL. Most people that graduate w/ a degree usually take 3 yrs to complete their education because speed-building tends to take a while for a student to master." - Don Dalton

[FastisFast]

How long is the school?

[kazper333]

I imagine the arthritis these people will face when they get older ouch, I mean even for the middle aged it must be exhausting job and I do think they will be replaced in about 10 years when speech recognition will be really advance but then again in 20yrs robots will roam the world and make our life easier and mayb in 2050 they will take over lol i kid haha

[scottropa]

This is pretty cool.. never really thought about it before - I played piano for several years as a kid - kinda makes me wonder what it would sound like playing a report out in musical tones / "chords"... Are you still typing out each letter of each word just multiple letters at at time with shorthand for example like GCB on the piano translates into a word? Interesting.

[1020Shane]

such an amazing job. Court reporters are artist in my book the way they can transcribe so fast is amazing. my hats off to them.

[pietzeekoe]

why dont they just tape it?