Course Description

In this course, students have the opportunity to further refine stenographic outlines and speed-building techniques to attain accurate writing speeds of up to 200 and 220 words per minute with 97.5 and 95 percent accuracy, respectively. Machine writing and transcription focuses on multi-voice court and deposition reporting skills. Lecture content and assignments include the responsibilities and duties of official and deposition reporting including: reading back; the reporting of testimony and objections; reporting with an interpreter; directing (citing) the witness; certifying questions; and marking, handling, and securing exhibits.