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THIS AGENCY WILL NOT PAY YOU.. DO NOT WORK FOR THEM

Do not work for DCR LITIGATION (Duke Court Reporters) located in Westlake Village. After saying they will pay for one of the few jobs I did for them back in April, I still have not received anything. Excuses after excuses. THEY USED TO POST ON CSR Nation, but I think their reputation is going around.

I just want to warn other reporters out there so they don't end up like me....working for free.

Rocket Reporting is another non-paying agency.

Added by Laura Mateo on September 28, 2011 at 23:35 — 26 Comments

STENOCAT SOFTWARE ISSUE

SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO MAKE TIME STAMPS WITH VIDEOGRAPHER IN STENOCAT SOFTWARE....THANKS.

Added by Connie Mardon on September 15, 2011 at 21:29 — 3 Comments

Court Reporing Instructors needed in Moreno Valley, CA

Sage College is currently interviewing for two openings in our night program.... Interested applicants should contact Cri Kauffmann @ 951 781 2727.

Added by Lauren Somma on September 7, 2011 at 21:05 — No Comments

Good schools ?

Hi everyone!! Can anyone recommend a court reporting school in Sacramento, CA? Does anyone know anything about Bryan College in Gold River, Ca

Added by Danielle Abreu on September 1, 2011 at 20:39 — 6 Comments

I rreceived a job request from DCR Litigation. Would it be unprofessional of me to let them know I am decling the job because I have heard it it difficult to get paid by them?

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Added by Kathleen Gordon on August 9, 2011 at 12:42 — 13 Comments

VOICE RECORDED TRANSCRIPTS PROVIDED AT DEPS - WARNING

Well, here's a new one, reporters - at least, it's the first I'm seeing it. The below is an email I just received today, talking about a 40% decrease in cost to attorneys AND a 35% increase in income for agencies, as if they're not greedy enough. How do attorneys save 40% yet freelance agencies make 35%? Again, it's on the backs of HARD- WORKING reporters.

I hope freelancers out there will finally get fed up with this sort of hocus-pocus from companies like this one. This company…

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Added by Jane Borrowman on July 25, 2011 at 13:39 — 5 Comments

ACER COMPRESSION SETTINGS

Does anyone have a workable suggestion for compression for a small ACER

computer. I have tried numerous ones with a Sound Blaster as well, but eveyone seems to be talking underwater! LOL.

Added by anita t. shemin on June 28, 2011 at 5:35 — 3 Comments

New notereader/ scopist/ proofreader needing some advice!

I have just finished school for notereading/ scoping/ proofreading and I can't seem to figure out what are some good prices for my services. If I could get some ideas and a few pointers, that would be great!! Are there any extra jobs that my court reporter will ask me to do? Should I do her binding?

Thank you…

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Added by Stephanie Wilson on June 22, 2011 at 14:53 — 5 Comments

Text on Video Deposition

Greetings from Stockton Legal Video! I have a couple of questions for my fellow CSR-Nation-ers:

For those of you who work with Legal Videographers (such as myself) ...

How many of you require that they be certified (i.e., by American Guild of Court Videographers)

How many of you generally require that the video be captioned with the transcript text?

Thanks in advance!

-jeff-

Jeff DeMello,…

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Added by Stockton Legal Video Services on May 10, 2011 at 13:21 — 6 Comments

What should I use to bind?

Just got my first private client and I'm looking to find out what the agencies use to bind their transcripts. I'm looking to make this as professional as possible and I have heard that VeloBind may be the way to go, however, someone mentioned to me that it may not be admissible in court. Any insights into this? I'm located in NY. Is there a reason that I should or should not use VeloBind? Does anyone know if any of the larger firms are using this and if not what do they use? Any help would…

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Added by Deborah on May 2, 2011 at 13:54 — 4 Comments

Scopist

I am a Court Reporting/Captioning student and would like to know what is needed to become a Scopist? With all the classes I've taken come to find out that I now have a Scopist Certificate and not sure what to do with it.

Added by nayleenie on April 19, 2011 at 16:52 — 2 Comments

Need advice on picking production software!!

Hello everyone! I'm new on here but thought I'd give it a try. I have been a court reporter for ten years. I decided to make a change and am helping someone start up an agency. We are deciding between RealLegal and Min-U-Script for our production software. I really need some help from other court reporters who use either of these products or perhaps from any production techs out there who might be able to tell me which one you like best! Also, any advice on binding transcript styles and/or… Continue

Added by Kimberlee Castro on April 18, 2011 at 22:22 — 4 Comments

Found a fantastic scopist

Thanks everybody for the replies. I found a fantastic scopist through a scopist Mary Alyce, who is fantastic herself.

I can write like the bomb. I just needed someone to read and punctuation and occasional audio.

Theresa

Added by Theresa Tramondo on March 29, 2011 at 8:32 — 7 Comments

Need to recover a file!!

I just deleted a file from Case Catalyst. It's not in my LitterBox and it's not in my Recycle Bin!?

Does anybody know if I can still recover this file???

Added by Carmen Hunter on January 13, 2010 at 16:39 — 1 Comment

Is Your Transcript Half-Full or Half-Empty?

Migliore--Half-empty.pdf

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Added by Lisa Migliore Black on January 12, 2010 at 17:30 — 8 Comments

sten ed theory books

If anyone has any old sten ed theory books for beginners around collecting dust, I would love to put them to use. I am a voice writer trying to get back to machine writing for real time but I need to start at the beginning to be sure I'm on the right track. Any help would be great. Thank you, Elizabeth Methvin, CCR Natchitoches, Louisiana

Added by Elizabeth Methvin on January 12, 2010 at 17:07 — No Comments

Chat anyone?

Can someone tell me how to get to Chat?

Added by anita t. shemin on January 12, 2010 at 11:43 — No Comments

CES: Panasonic Partners With Skype, DirecTV

InformationWeek

CES: Panasonic Partners With Skype, DirecTV

Deals will bring videoconferencing and 3D TV content to Panasonic televisions.

By Antone Gonsalves, InformationWeek

Jan. 8, 2010

URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222300138

Panasonic has announced separate partnerships with Skype and DirecTV to bring… Continue

Added by Chris on January 10, 2010 at 17:27 — No Comments

Mac, DigitalCat, CaseCat, Protege...Help!!

Hi,

I'm new here. I stumbled upon the community, and I figured someone could help me here. I was on cheapandsleazy.net looking for a way to configure my Macbook with DigitalCat. I was lead to the Wine application, but I still can't get it to work. I would also like to use my CaseCat as well. I do have another pc I can use in the mean time, but it saves me having to carry around two laptops because the Dell is pretty ancient.

I have DigitalCat 167, 190, and 192 installed (I… Continue

Added by maymajesty on January 9, 2010 at 23:51 — 10 Comments

Use of "so" as end of answer. I know there was a blog or discussion on here but I can't find it now.

Sorry in advance, as I know this was already discussed on here, but I can't find the discussion. I'm proofing a Q & A and almost every other answer ends with and unneeded "so" which my CR currently has as ending with a period. I know she doesn't like -- and ... isn't really correct as she isn't trailing off, she'll give a complete answer and ad (so) to the end for God knows what reason. This is a bad habit, I guess, that she ends sentences with "so". I'm thinking the . would be correct. "I… Continue

Added by Thomas Herman on January 8, 2010 at 16:41 — 10 Comments