Dear Techie,
I will be transitioning into CART captioning and need some great briefs. I’m hopeful someone on your Tech Committee can provide a few brief forms to get me started that I can add to my dictionary.
Captivated with Captioning
Dear Captivated,
Writing short is the way to go for every court reporter! We think you’ll love the following brief forms from some of the CART captioners on our Tech Committee. Good luck with your transition!
CART captioner and freelance court reporter Amy Yarbrough, Atlantic Beach, Fla., has the following brief forms she recommends and uses daily:
Briefs for words ending in -ly:
basically = B*L
exactly = KP*L
completely = KPH*L or KPH*T
previously: PRAO*EL
ultimately: U*LT
constantly: KA*UNL
really: R*EL
not really: N*EL
obviously: O*BL
absolutely: SLAOULT
Classroom parentheticals:
Phone/phone: <Parenthetical>(Cell phone interruption)
Span/Span: <Parenthetical>(Speaking Spanish)
Lang/Lang: <Parenthetical>(Speaking another language)
Check/check: (^^Captioner will verify spelling later^^)
PO*U/PO*U: <Parenthetical>(Reading from PowerPoint)
In small classes or club meetings, if you can learn names, use the first letter of the name plus the answer bank to define a person’s name. It is helpful to have an ID for yourself in case you need to write a message or respond to the professor. Additionally, have a generic stroke for guest speakers.
A + Answer Bank: <Colloquy>>>AMY:
C + Answer Bank: <Colloquy>>>CAPTIONER:
G + Answer Bank: <Colloquy>>>GUEST SPEAKER:
Teresa Russ, CRI, Bellflower, Calif., another CART captioner and freelance court reporter on the Technology Committee, offered a few of her favorites to add to your list:
finish – TPOEURB
homework – HOERBG
admonition – TPNEURB
coefficient – TPOERB
classroom – KHRAOPL
