| Many years ago some experts predicted
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| | some shortage of certified court
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| that technology would cause a shortage of
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| | reporters.
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| jobs for court reporters, leaving many in
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| | Even the Bahamas is Suffering
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| the career with no employment
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| | The Bahamian government is facing a
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| opportunities. In fact, members of the
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| | serious shortage of native-born
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| profession are in more demand today than
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| | reporters, turning to recruiting them
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| ever before. Here are a few case studies
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| | from the US. There are only 33 reporters
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| showing how the opportunities are
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| | in the country and 18 of them are
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| booming.
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| | immigrants.
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| New York City - State Blunder Scares Away
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| | Many Bahamians attend court reporting
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| Certified Court Reporters
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| | classes at Kilgore College in Texas. One
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| There are eight million people in New
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| | student said, "Many court cases go
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| York City and only 405 of them are court
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| | unrecorded because there aren't enough
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| reporters.
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| | court reporters. The shortage has created
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| Several years ago the state implemented a
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| | a large backlog in our court system."
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| pilot program to use electronic
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| | Career Opportunities are Everywhere
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| recordings in courts. Fear of losing
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| | These examples are typical of the job
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| their jobs to technology meant that few
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| | climate all over the country.
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| young people chose the career path.
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| | Massachusetts, Wisconsin, California and
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| Training programs shut down and at one
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| | other states are all experiencing loss of
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| point only two schools in the city were
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| | critical court reporting services as
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| offering court reporting courses.
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| | students fear being replaced by a tape
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| After a substantial drop in student
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| | recorder.
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| population, the state realized its error
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| | The reality is that technology has only
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| and has tried to correct it. Their
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| | increased the opportunities in the
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| actions have led to an increase in court
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| | profession. Television and web
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| reporting schools but there is still a
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| | broadcasts will always need reporters
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| critical shortage of reporters in the
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| | capable of real-time closed captioning.
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| city.
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| | Private businesses are finding more
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| Florida Doesn't Learn from New York's
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| | opportunities every day to employ
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| Mistake
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| | reporters.
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| Oblivious to history, Florida recently
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| | Courtrooms will always need certified
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| announced a similar program to use
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| | court reporters as well. A tape recorder
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| electronic recordings. Pinellas-Pasco
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| | can't ask a mumbling witness (or judge)
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| judicial court spokesman Ron Stuart said,
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| | to repeat himself or ensure that the
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| "I think this is inevitable and it's
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| | names of everyone present are entered
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| progress. It's going to be a more
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| | into the record. The reporter is the
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| accurate system. We certainly have no
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| | only person in the room focused on
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| plans to go back."
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| | nothing but creating an accurate record
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| Rick Greenspan, president of the Florida
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| | of the proceedings.
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| Court Reporters Association disagrees,
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| | Technology has never been a danger to the
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| saying, "The best voice-to-text machine
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| | court reporting profession. Increasing
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| that anyone ever developed is the live
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| | job prospect and soaring salaries make
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| human being." Many experts in the field
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| | this one of the best career opportunities
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| are expecting the state to experience
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| | around today.
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