Digital recorders or Court Reporters
Digital recorders have been a very controversial topic in the legal community. Our blog this week will go over a few reasons why hiring a court reporter is the right choice for an accurate transcript.
How are court reporters superior to the use of digital recording devices?
- Court reporters capture only the words that are spoken and relevant to the specific proceedings, whereas digital recorders often record everything, including the noise from shuffling papers, various audible interference and private conversations between attorney and client.
- Court reporters can stop the proceedings for clarification and read back when necessary.
- Court reporters can easily read back requested testimony in a matter of seconds, whereas audio recordings all depend on the operator’s ability to properly annotate the proceedings. In addition, many attorneys and judges prefer not to listen to the entire length of the recording.
- Court reporters working in realtime allow for annotations. In addition, the words appear on the users’ screens seconds after they are spoken.
- Court reporters are professionals, specially trained and state licensed
- Court reporters personally purchase and maintain all required equipment and software.
- Audio recordings do not allow judges or attorneys to do research during a proceeding; however ,when using realtime they can annotate during the proceedings as well as organize their marked testimony. The court reporter will also be using software that will make it possible to cut and paste. The court reporter’s notes can be put on a screen or printed out in a report.
- Audio recordings still require transcription in most cases.
- Audio Recordings have upfront costs for equipment acquisition.
- Audio recordings require ongoing costs to the court for purchasing and maintaining equipment and upgrading software.
- Audio recordings have instances of incomplete, inaudible and unintelligible recordings.
If you found this blog informative or helpful, please feel free to visit our blog page to learn more about what we do here at Phoenix Deposition Services. If you’re looking for the very best in Phoenix court reporting, look no further than our Phoenix court reporters to get the job done.
