For more than a decade, court reporting has sat near the top of the list of jobs technology was supposed to wipe out. Speech recognition keeps improving. Automated transcription keeps getting cheaper.

In modern litigation, accuracy is not optional. Every word spoken in a deposition, hearing, or trial can shape strategy, influence outcomes, and become part of the official record. That is where court ...

If you have ever worked on a witness examination for discovery (deposition) or reviewed a transcript, you have already relied on a court reporter more than you might realize. Their work sits at the ...

Court reporters can make mistakes in transcripts if they misunderstand an attorney's statement. That became evident in one case when a reporter mistook "counter motion to compel" for "motion from hell ...

On behalf of the South Carolina Judicial Department, I’d like to offer some facts that were missing from your May 27 article about the shortage of court reporters. We employ nearly 100 court reporters ...

On paper, court reporting might seem like a career that’s at severe risk of becoming fully automated by artificial intelligence, especially as transcription services improve and the cost of using them ...

The high court mandated wider use of automatic recordings for civil matters when a reporter is unavailable; proponents hail ...

The California Supreme Court dealt a blow to court reporter unions, ordering that recordings of hearings are vital when ...

When it comes to Californians’ right to fairly access our justice system, few things are more maddening than learning that artificial impediments such as limits to government’s ability to use ...

A new California Supreme Court ruling changes what happens when a court reporter is unavailable, allowing courts to use electronic recordings to ensure some low-income civil litigants can obtain a ...