Realtime Reporting and Captioning at Home
NCRA-approved Theory
Developed Specifically for Homestudy Students! |
Court
Reporting Career
 Court
reporters make a verbatim record on a steno machine in the
courtroom setting for trials and hearings. They report depositions
at locations everywhere, i.e., attorneys' offices, doctors'
offices, stores, business locations, airports, private residences,
almost anywhere you can imagine. They report conventions,
conferences, and the Congressional Record, and write closed
captioning for the hearing impaired through broadcast captioning
and CART reporting. They can often obtain employment as a
legal or medical
transcriptionist or rapid data entry operator while they are
completing their court reporter training. Court reporters
may be self-employed, work in a group or firm of court reporters,
or be employed by the county, state or federal court system.
DID
YOU KNOW . . .
- A 1999 survey showed the average annual income of court
reporters to be $61,830.
- Court reporters often earn up to $100,000 a year and
more.
- You can learn the career of court reporting without attending
college.
- You can train yourself at home.
- There is a severe shortage of court reporters over the
entire United States.
- Large cities are experiencing a shortage of court reporters,
and small towns and rural areas often have no court reporter
available.
- You can set your own hours, be your own boss, work as
much or as little as you desire. You can be home with your
children when they are ill or just when you want to be with
them.
- With court reporting you have job security wherever you
may move.
DID
YOU ALSO KNOW . . .
- It is NOT necessary to have a college degree.
- It is NOT necessary to receive a diploma or certificate
upon completion of your training.
- It is NOT necessary to invest a large amount of money
in equipment to begin working as a court reporter.
- It is NOT necessary to attend an accredited school or
NCRA approved school.
- In some states, you must be a notary public to administer
the oath (swear in a witness).
- In SOME states you must pass an examination which means
you are then a "certified" court reporter. These
examinations usually vary from 180-225 words per minute.
The Court Reporting at Home Self-Training Program has been
developed to allow you to attain the 225 word per minute
speed level and gives you practice material at 240 words
per minute.
CRAH materials are non-resalable and non-transferable to third parties.
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