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News from Around the PlanetThe Evolution of Stenography
The word “stenography” comes from the Greek words “steno,” meaning “narrow,” and “graphie,” meaning “writing,” and refers to abbreviated versions of writing the spoken word. Stenography dates back to the Parthenon and the mid-4th Century BC, and has been in use...
Translator or Interpreter: What’s the Difference?
Ever wonder what the difference is? Think they were the one and the same? What’s the difference? The Supreme Court’s ruling of May 21, 2012, in Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd., differentiated between the two by indicating that a translator is someone who works...
Appreciating a Court Reporter’s Skill Sets
Court reporters must “write” (stroke) between 225 and 280 words a minute on a court reporting machine in order to become certified by the state in which they practice or to receive a nationally recognized certification by the National Court Reporters Association....
What is Mobile Videoconferencing?
Mobile videoconferencing allows lawyers and other parties to participate in legal proceedings from the comfort of their office or home. Mobile videoconferencing can best be described as Skype with security, for a fraction of the cost of traditional videoconferencing....
Trial Presentation Software that Works
Trying to determine which trial presentation software to purchase and utilize in the beginning to create and present hi-tech cases for judges, juries, mediators, and arbitrators can be a daunting task, because they all seem to offer similar capabilities. While some...
What Trial Presentation Consultants Can Do For You
Planet Depos’ professional, dynamic, highly experienced trial presentation consultants create impactful presentations that leave a lasting impression on the judge, jury, arbitration panel or medical review board that will be determining the outcome of your case. Rich...
What is a Trial Presentation Consultant?
Trial Presentation Consultants are members of Planet Depos’ highly trained and experienced technical team. They are skilled at working with law firms and their staff to develop powerful presentations for viewing by judges, juries, arbitrators, mediators, and medical...
The Benefits of Legal Videography
Videotaped deposition testimony can be used in many ways at trial, the most common being to impeach the witness as he/she testifies at trial. Impeaching a witness is much more effective when the contradictory statement(s) are played back to the jury and not read back...
Daily Practice for Working Court Reporters
By Lee Bursten, CRR, RMR All court reporting students must practice in order to get through reporting school. Passing successively faster speed tests requires hours of daily speed and accuracy practice. But what happens after they graduate and begin working? After...
What is a Streaming Video Deposition?
A streaming video deposition is a videotaped deposition in which the audio, video, and text are being streamed via a secure, encrypted internet connection to locations that are remote to the actual deposition site. David Randolph Smith, Esquire, in his address to the...