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News from Around the PlanetVideotaped Depositions, Edited Clips, Video-to-Text Synchronization & Trial Presentations
When the testimony of a witness needs to be preserved for trial (a de bene esse deposition) or when it is important to document the demeanor of a witness, counsel often chooses to videotape the proceeding. When a deposition is videotaped, the court reporter and...
How Can a Realtime Reporter Benefit You?
Once an attorney has used realtime, they quickly realize they don’t want to attend a deposition, arbitration or trial without it because they have everything right there, at their fingertips, easily searched, marked and retrieved. Without it, they feel as if they are...
How Lawyers Use Rough ASCIIs and Uncertified Rough Drafts
Litigation teams worldwide find rough ASCIIs (unofficial rough draft transcripts) to be a useful, cost-effective resource in providing key information to prepare for the next day’s proceedings. The rough ASCII enables counsel to view, search for words or phrases,...
What Is a Rough ASCII?
A rough ASCII, also known as an uncertified rough draft, generally refers to an “unofficial” unedited transcript that is provided by the court reporter shortly after the day’s proceedings. So how does it work? The court reporter is “writing” (stroking) verbatim...
How Digital Audio is Changing Court Reporting
Digital audio and audio-to-text synchronization technology is changing the courts and court reporting. While low-impact courts (courts with few transcript requests) are transitioning to digital audio, digital audio-to-text synchronization has become a lawyer and court...
Importance of Obtaining a Qualified Court Stenographer
"The appellate process can take two years," Salnick said. "I do know the transcript in this case is tremendously long and the court reporter has already asked for at least one extension to get it together."...
Planet Depos Reporter Receives Standing Ovation
Planet Depos recently provided court reporting services for a week-long arbitration in front of the American Arbitration Association (AAA). For consistency purposes, one reporter was scheduled for the entire proceeding. The parties were on the record at 7:30am each...
Keys to Case Management
Each morning, various legal professionals enter their respective law offices with a list of depositions, trials, and videoconferences to schedule. With their morning coffee by their side and a pending stack of scheduling to complete, they quickly place a call or send...
Is Gift Giving a Form of Bribery?
“Get Your Massage Discount Now!!!” That was the subject line of an email a sales representative from a large court reporting agency recently sent to all of his clients. The body of the email went on to explain that for every two depositions that were scheduled with...
Use of Legal Videoconferencing Increasing
Today’s economic climate is affecting law firm buying decisions. Law firms are being pressured by their clients to keep litigation expenses down, and one of the ways law firms are managing discovery expenses is with the use of legal videoconferencing. With the...