Professional captioners will always pursue providing captions on the latest platforms and releases. The coronavirus pandemic caught many industries off guard, yet captioners took advantage of…
Posts published in “Realtime”
U.S. Representatives Ron Kind (Wis.) and. Rodney Davis (Ill.) introduced the Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2021 on July 22. If enacted into law,…
OVERALL COMBINED SCORES Place % 1 Doug Zweizig, RDR, CRR 98.38% 2 Debra Bollman Farfan, RDR, CRR, CRC 97.23% 3 Ron Cook,…
On May 24, radio station KHTS in Santa Clarita, Calif., posted an article about what realtime captioning is and when it is useful. Read more.
By Sandra Mierop Last October on a conference call to come up with ideas about what the Technology Committee was going to accomplish over the…
NCRA Government Relations has been very busy this fall. On September 24, 2019, Jocelynn Moore, Director of State Government Relations, attended the Federal Communication Commission’s…
Professionals considering taking the Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR) test have the opportunity to gain an advantage by attending the CRR Boot Camp being offered at the…
By Jessica Wills Jessica Wills, a student at the College of Court Reporting in Valparaiso, Ind., volunteered to boost her school’s recruiting efforts by putting…
NCRA member Jo Gayle, RPR, CRR, CRC, a freelance captioner from Chicago, Ill., recently earned a shout-out from actor Tom Hanks for her captioning skills…
Radio station WTOP in Washington, D.C., posted an article about NCRA’s and NCRF’s involvement with the Veterans History Project program. Read more. Listen to radio…
Happy Halloween from your NCRA Tech Committee! This is a spooktacular article with tips and tricks on how court reporters can boo-st their expectations and…
By Lynette Mueller Court reporters need to embrace the future of court reporting and move ahead — the future is realtime! Realtime is “wicked” awesome,…
By Amy Marie Yarbrough With each new semester, there’s a cauldron of frights. What if the professor lectures like an auctioneer? What if there’s only…
By Deborah Kriegshauser Realtime stage fright: Will I be prepared? Will my equipment hook up to the judge? Will it hook up to the attorneys? Will…
By Alan Peacock As many seasoned reporters and captioners know, any realtime assignment can be a nightmare, filled with ghosts and goblins, or it can…
By Lisa Knight Who isn’t afraid of mistrans or untrans when writing realtime? I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that I am always a…
NCRA Board Member Cindy L. Isaacsen, RPR, an official court reporter from Olathe, Kan., participated in a mock trial with fifth- and sixth-graders hosted on…
NCRA members Sherry Bryant, RMR, CRR, of Harrisburg, Pa., and Doug Zweizig, RDR, CRR, of Towson, Md., both competed in the United States Court Reporters…
By Kelli Ann Willis I travel around the world covering realtime assignments. In August, I set out for an assignment in Seoul, South Korea. I wasn’t…
The International Association of Women announced in a press release issued Sept. 25 that the organization has recognized NCRA member Jennifer Schuck, FAPR, RDR, CRR,…