‘Technology’ Archives
Takeaways from NCRA’s TechCon Conference
Scottsdale, Arizona – April 19-22, 2013 As a member of NCRA’s Technical Evaluation Committee, I attended the second annual TechCon conference held in Scottsdale, Arizona. The event brings together the leading minds of technology in the court reporting field, as [Read More]
What I Learned From Skiing This Weekend
For years I was an occasional skier; both my sons played hockey, and our life was at the rink. However, we had some good friends who had a lovely place down in Colorado and always invited us to join them every year for a ski week, and I got a taste for how much fun [Read More]
Technology as the Norm
For the second year in a row, the National Court Reporters’ Association will be hosting the TechCon conference, to be held this year in Scottsdale, Arizona. TechCon has ostensibly replaced what was commonly known as “Mid-Year,” turning a more generic conference with a [Read More]
2012 Remembered
As one is apt to do at this time of year, I have spent some time reflecting on the year 2012 and to assess what we accomplished at Neeson Court Reporting. One thing is for sure – technology played a large role in our company in the year 2012. Below are a few highlights: [Read More]
The Cost of Quality
As president of the Chartered Shorthand Reporters’ Association of Ontario, and as a member of the Technical Evaluation Committee of the National Court Reporters’ Association, I am in a unique position of being privy to a lot of information that people in the legal [Read More]
What’s Changed (or Not) in 30+ Years of Court Reporting
It’s hard for me to believe that I have been providing court reporting services for over 30 years (I was but a child when I started!) I’ve been thinking about how technology has morphed what was once a manual function into a fully integrated piece of technology…but [Read More]
Overcoming Fear
Recently I had the opportunity to do an hour and a half presentation at the National Court Reporters’ Association’s TechCon 2012 conference in Reston, Virginia. It was a real honour to be asked to present, and my topic was Realtime Internet Streaming, stemming from a [Read More]
One Tip for Becoming a Great Court Reporter …and 10 pieces of advice to getting there
I’ve been preaching technology for years now, and as the world unfolds with voice recognition software, digital recording quality and the like, it’s never been clearer to me that a shorthand reporter’s biggest asset is their skillset to provide services like rough [Read More]
Jason Fry Luncheon Presentation at Neeson Arbitration Chambers
On September 22nd, we had the pleasure of holding a luncheon event in Toronto for arbitrators and members of the legal community where Jason Fry, Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, presented. The main focus of the event was to provide the legal [Read More]
The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act gets signed, Hooray!
October 8, 2010 was a great day for the National Court Reporting Association (NCRA) and for millions of people with a hearing loss. The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act was signed to provide millions of Americans who rely on captioning for news, [Read More]