http://cocra.org/2008/06/questions-and-answers-with-official-reporter/ COCRA Blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:36:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://cocra.org/2008/06/questions-and-answers-with-official-reporter/#comment-109 Maura Baldocchi Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:57:16 +0000 http://cocra.org/?p=48#comment-109 Increased allowance for litigants to appear by phone compounds the problem of speaker id. I've run into this when reporting in the courtroom off a speaker phone. i have to keep a tight reign on all the courtroom speakers as well and the party on the phone. If i wasn't there to simultaneously untangle the speakers, the record would be a mess. they just become imersed in their business. with all the multitasking that goes on in today's courtrooms, controlling human behavior in order to make a record is becoming a full-time aspect to this job. especially pro-per litigants who just aren't familiar or accustomed to "making a record". there's also equipment in operation in today's courtrooms that weren't there years ago. printers, keys boards, noisy fans/cpus, phones. there are so many new distractions that i have to hear through or around in order to report the speakers. it's a very proactive task to filter out competing conversations and activity to make the record. Increased allowance for litigants to appear by phone compounds the problem of speaker id. I’ve run into this when reporting in the courtroom off a speaker phone. i have to keep a tight reign on all the courtroom speakers as well and the party on the phone. If i wasn’t there to simultaneously untangle the speakers, the record would be a mess. they just become imersed in their business.
with all the multitasking that goes on in today’s courtrooms, controlling human behavior in order to make a record is becoming a full-time aspect to this job. especially pro-per litigants who just aren’t familiar or accustomed to “making a record”.
there’s also equipment in operation in today’s courtrooms that weren’t there years ago. printers, keys boards, noisy fans/cpus, phones. there are so many new distractions that i have to hear through or around in order to report the speakers. it’s a very proactive task to filter out competing conversations and activity to make the record.

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