I've been in depositions all morning. Whew!

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Do the reporters still talk into those little masks where nobody can hear them? They fascinate me. You can be sitting right there and not hear a sound. Or do they just tape everything these days? Never understood why not.CathyCA wrote:Good morfternoon!
I've been in depositions all morning. Whew!
The high court judge court reporter records and runs the sound through a program where the words are (mostly) downloaded into written form. In low court in Henry County, where it is rare to have a court reporter for a run of the mill case, the court reporters have a little thing that looks like an adding machine and "type" into that and get something that looks like ticker tape that makes sense to them.Ima Facultiwyfe wrote:Do the reporters still talk into those little masks where nobody can hear them? They fascinate me. You can be sitting right there and not hear a sound. Or do they just tape everything these days? Never understood why not.CathyCA wrote:Good morfternoon!
I've been in depositions all morning. Whew!
Inquiring minds want to know.
Love, Ima
She recorded it all on a tiny recorder. But, she also spoke into the stenomask and made a recording of her own voice. And, she took notes. But here's the interesting part: the court reporter's words were going into a program connected to one of the other attorney's computers, and he was hearing her typed words read back to him through one earbud. It's helpful to him to hear the words read back to him because he is BLIND. He is taking notes on his computer, too. He is the smartest and sharpest attorney I think I've encountered in 30 years!Ima Facultiwyfe wrote:Do the reporters still talk into those little masks where nobody can hear them? They fascinate me. You can be sitting right there and not hear a sound. Or do they just tape everything these days? Never understood why not.CathyCA wrote:Good morfternoon!
I've been in depositions all morning. Whew!
Inquiring minds want to know.
Love, Ima