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Court reporters are often asked after a deposition, “What did you think of the witness? Did you find the witness credible?” If you consider that a court reporter who has worked 30 years has sat in on close to 5,000 depositions and transcribed close to a million pages of testimony, it would be reasonable to assume that we have good insight as to these questions.

Court reporters safeguard the accuracy of what is spoken by capturing a verbatim record of what’s being spoken using a form of shorthand on a steno machine. By capturing accurately the spoken word, the actual record of what transpired during a proceeding is safeguarded.

Realtime is the instantaneous transmission of the spoken word into English, which can be viewed on an iPad during a legal proceeding or as captions on a television screen. Realtime court reporters are able to assist hard-of-hearing students so that they can attend and be part of teaching in the classroom. Not every court reporter has the same skill level for realtime. In 2022, I placed 4th overall in the National Court Reporters Association Realtime Contest with 98% accuracy in two five-minute dictations of literary and testimony.

“The mission of the project is to collect and preserve the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war.” – Michelle Keegan

“Everybody seemed to keep looking at one another hoping that somebody would speak up and make sense of it all. Nobody did. On the bus ride back to the city, there was no light chatter. People were too overwhelmed.” -Michelle Keegan

It is said that the average person makes 35,000 decisions in a day. That is an incredibly staggering number when you think of all the other things that the average person is doing besides making decisions on any given day. No wonder that by evening most people are...