Transcript Standards

[Marla Sharp]

http://www.courtreportersboard.ca.gov/lawsregs/mtfs.pdf

[Marla Sharp]

I recently had an agency request I put time stamps on a transcript for a depo that was not videotaped. I wasn't sure if the code allowed for that, so I started looking it up. I usually just check the minimum transcript standards on the California Court Reporters Association Web site (http://www.cal-ccra.org/trans_standards.htm), but there was nothing about it in there. So I called the Court Reporters Board, and they directed me to the minimum transcript standards on their site (http://www.courtreportersboard.ca.gov/lawsregs/mtfs.pdf). And, sure enough, they talk about this very thing in 3(C). So the CCRA's standards listed are a little different from the Board's standards. The CCRA must not have updated it since the last change. I just thought I'd bring it to everyone's attention in case they followed the CCRA's standards instead of the Court Reporters Board's standards.

[Marla Sharp]

The Court Reporters Board has updated the Minimum Transcript Standards. Click here to see them. I'm not sure yet, but I think the only thing that's changed is 3(C).

They also have suggestions on how to treat our backup audio files. Click here.