Archive for Legal
TechCon Presentation
This past weekend our CEO, Steve Crandall, presented at several sessions for the NCRA TechCon conference. TechCon brings together legal professionals from different segments of the industry. The event provides unique approaches to conference learning, tailored specifically for court reporters, legal videographers, and trial presenters. The event was highly centered around technology and included over 20 legal tech labs [...]
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Depositions
Recently one of our staff members was asked what is court reporting? Being a part of Premier Realtime for several years I have become familiar with the industry but before I started working at Premier Realtime I too had little understanding of what court reporting was. ProMotion Holdings is comprised of three separate division each with [...]
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Court Reporting Featured Story
Over the past month there have been many featured stories on the news stations about the court reporting profession. Daytime did a special segment about the court reporting world-record holder Mark Kislingbury. He set the record with 360 words-per-minute. He will be trying to break his own world record this August and will be featured in an [...]
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Legal Video
While this week is Court Reporting and Captioning Week, we wanted to shine some light on our legal videographers. Legal Video. Between 60% and 70% of communication is derived from non-verbal behavior or body language. Adding legal video to a deposition court reporting captures every nuance and non-verbal cue and makes for compelling and engaging [...]
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Education: Court Reporting
“National Court Reporting and Captioning Week not only celebrates and highlights the invaluable contributions that court reporters make to the legal and deaf and hard-of-hearing communities, it also showcases the tremendous career opportunities that are available through stenographic court reporting and captioning,” said Tami Smith, president of NCRA . In honor of Court Reporting and [...]
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National Court Reporting and Captioning Week
Premier Realtime to join nationwide effort to recognize professionals, career opportunities in stenographic court reporting and captioning VIENNA, Va., February 18th 2013—The National Court Reporters Association, the country’s leading organization representing stenographic court reporters and broadcast captioners, has announced that February 17-23 has been deemed National Court Reporting and Captioning Week. The awareness week pulls [...]
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Premier Realtime Flashback: January
Earlier this month we were cleaning up the office to give a fresh start to the new year. While going through archived marketing material we uncovered an old calendar that was created for our client’s back in 2009, “Men of Premier.” Each month had a great photo with a slight legal twist. We thought these photos were worth sharing so check back [...]
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Blessing for Court Reporters
Court Reporters Bless the hands and the skills of those who record with accuracy the facts of the spoken word. They assure that honor and justice prevail, performing their duties with a devotion that never fails. What greater mission on earth than to engage in a duty to record the word of truth on history’s [...]
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Realtime Court Reporting
realtime court reporting. What is realtime? Instant computerization of the spoken word. As the court reporter transcribes the oral testimony into the steno machine, the software translates the machine’s output into text. How is it used? The text appears on laptops that are easily hooked up to the system. The text can also be broadcast [...]
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Google Mistrials
Google Mistrial In today’s tech savvy society information is never more than a click away. This is seen as positive progress, but there is a high price for the ease of accessing information. In court rooms around the country, cases are being deemed mistrials as jurors are researching and sending information about cases. These types [...]
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