A career in court reporting is a career of opportunities. From transcribing court proceedings to captioning your favorite TV programs and more, the training you’ll receive at Orleans Technical Institute will prepare you to succeed in this growing field.

We offer an Associate in Specialized Business (ASB) degee and the only court reporting program in the tri-state region approved by the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA).

Objective

Students will develop computer-compatible, conflict-free realtime machine shorthand skills of up to 225 words per minute and learn to transcribe and edit their own shorthand notes using computer-assisted transcription equipment. Students will become familiar with medical and legal terminology and court reporting procedures and will refine their knowledge of written English as needed for the production of salable transcripts.

Employment Opportunies

Graduates are employable as entry-level reporters and conference reporters. With a minimum of additional training, the court reporter’s skills can be used in emerging realtime closed-captioning positions.

With advances in computer technology, today’s court reporters are information managers who are in-demand, working in a variety of professional settings:

Courtrooms
Court reporters are in the middle of the action! They play an essential role and are highly valued by the legal community as “guardians of the record”—transcribing depositions or court proceedings. Court reporters are employed by the government as official court reporters or work as an independent contractor with a court reporting firm.

Broadcast Captioning
The unique skills that court reporters learn can be applied to the exciting world of television. Court reporters provide closed captioning of news, entertainment, sports, live broadcasts, and other programming for those who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.

CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation)
Court reporters’ ability to capture spoken words instantly enables them to provide personalized services to the hearing-impaired community. CART reporters accompany clients as needed—for example, to college classes—to provide an instant conversion of speech into text using the stenotype machine linked to a laptop computer.

Other Career Opportunities
Court reporters can also work for businesses or anywhere immediate access to communication is needed, such as conventions, sales meetings, press conferences, stockholder/board meetings, and seminars and instantly transmit them to all parties involved. Opportunities in this profession are endless, and flexible—court reporters can travel or work remotely from home.