Archive for Technology
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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Tablets and Business
Tablets are taking over. With their sleek design businesses are moving away from large cash registers and paper transactions. This trend can be seen in many places around Seattle. A Kirkland-based company, Viableware, had developed a new payment system for restaurants. The “RAIL” system can be used in place of the bill folder that is [...]
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LIVE Rick Steves
Dreaming of a trip to Europe in 2013? Join Rick’s top travel teachers for a full-day of free travel classes in downtown Edmonds, WA on Saturday, April 6th. The spring Travel Festival features 10 lively slideshow presentations packed with the latest European travel tips, insights and discoveries. For those unable to make it to Edmonds, [...]
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Mobile App Development
As mobile applications become a more integrated part of daily operations, companies are starting to make app development a part of their strategy conversation. Once the decision has been made to have an app developed the question becomes whether to create a web-based or native application. When approached by potential clients for app development, the [...]
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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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Election Day: VOTE
Today is election day! It is time to cast your ballot and vote. While many of us will take a pen to fill in those bubbles beside our choice, the process by which we vote has progressed significatly in the last several hundred years. Voting History The earliest elections were conducted by voice vote or [...]
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Rick Steves LIVE
This Saturday Rick Steves and his staff are offering free travel classes in downtown Edmonds, WA. There will be nine informational presentations and Rick Steves will also be presenting a course on 1000 years of European art and history. For those unable to make it to Edmonds, ProMotion Arts will be working with Rick Steves [...]
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Video Conferencing
Video Conferencing Seattle Video conferencing is becoming a more integrated aspect of the legal industry. It is a highly effective way to communicate face to face without the associated costs that accompany traveling to each meeting. Increasingly, expert and key witnesses are located far from the courts, or their health prevents them from traveling. Video [...]
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Technology
Last week, Linkedin posted the results of a survey they sent out to their members about the office technologies or practices that members believed were ‘going extinct.’ The list included: Tape Recorder Fax Machine Rolodex Standard Work Hours Desk Phones While these items are becoming obsolete they will soon turn into antiques. In our office [...]
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