Comments on: Why do we need court transcriptionists when a court proceeding can be recorded? http://www.nowknow.com/why-do-we-need-court-transcriptionists-when-a-court-proceeding-can-be-recorded/ Now Know - Search Millions of Public Records & Resources Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jopalucas http://www.nowknow.com/why-do-we-need-court-transcriptionists-when-a-court-proceeding-can-be-recorded/comment-page-1/#comment-14870 jopalucas Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hebraicrenewal.com/?p=3986#comment-14870 So that it can be read. Either that or transcriptionists have a good union. So that it can be read. Either that or transcriptionists have a good union.

]]> By: Lawyer X http://www.nowknow.com/why-do-we-need-court-transcriptionists-when-a-court-proceeding-can-be-recorded/comment-page-1/#comment-14871 Lawyer X Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hebraicrenewal.com/?p=3986#comment-14871 Transcribing from a tape is not easy and usually filled with inaccuracies or gaps. If there are multiple parties/attorneys, for example, it's not always easy to determine who's talking from a tape. Sometimes people talk over one another, or not loud enough, and the court reporter will speak up and make sure that she/he is getting what's said down accurately at the time. If there's a word that needs to be repeated, the court reporter will ask on the spot. Having read transcriptions of tapes, I can tell you they always have numerous places where it says "unintelligible" or "inaudible." And if there's a problem with the tape, it's usually not caught right away, meaning portions of the transcript will be missing. It's also much quicker to do a transcript from court reporter's record than from a tape. The tape has to be done in real time, so for each hour of a hearing, there'd be at least an hour of listening to the tape afterwards. So, transcripts couldn't be produced as quickly. Transcribing from a tape is not easy and usually filled with inaccuracies or gaps. If there are multiple parties/attorneys, for example, it’s not always easy to determine who’s talking from a tape. Sometimes people talk over one another, or not loud enough, and the court reporter will speak up and make sure that she/he is getting what’s said down accurately at the time. If there’s a word that needs to be repeated, the court reporter will ask on the spot.

Having read transcriptions of tapes, I can tell you they always have numerous places where it says "unintelligible" or "inaudible." And if there’s a problem with the tape, it’s usually not caught right away, meaning portions of the transcript will be missing.

It’s also much quicker to do a transcript from court reporter’s record than from a tape. The tape has to be done in real time, so for each hour of a hearing, there’d be at least an hour of listening to the tape afterwards. So, transcripts couldn’t be produced as quickly.

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