What do the terms court reporting, realtime reporting, and captioning mean?
Court Reporting is the art and skill of taking down in shorthand what is said during a particular proceeding and then transcribing it into written form. Court reporting is a generic term that also includes many other job opportunities for the person trained in the skill of taking verbatim dictation and transcribing it. Realtime reporting is used to produce an immediate transcript of proceedings by using a steno writer connected to a computer. Realtime reporting takes place in a variety of situations including court and deposition work as well as closed captioning. Captioning is the immediate translation of what is being said onto a television monitor for viewing of the words by the hearing impaired. The closed captioned words appear at the bottom of the television set, usually two lines at a time. As a person speaks, the lines change to reflect what is being said.
