Excellent vocabulary, grammar and punctuation are just some of the skills required of a scopist/editor. BIVR-accredited scopists have demonstrated the requisite level of understanding of these skills, as well as an ability to understand technology and use bespoke software, and, importantly, being able to work under pressure and as part of a team.

The terms “scopist” and “editor” are commonly used terms to describe someone who works alongside the stenographer, and they play an integral role in finalising the transcript, whether for same-day or delayed delivery. According to Scope School, an internet scoping school run by Linda Evenson: “Scoping is what the court reporting industry calls editing. If a court reporter is the writer, a scopist is the editor.”

Mirella Fox

BIVR Member

About

I initially trained as a pen court reporter with the Association of Official Shorthand Writers Limited based in New Square in London where I took down the official judgments of the three Lord Justices sitting in the Court of Appeal, Civil Division. A few years later I re-trained using the American machine court reporting system Stenograph, and I developed my machine verbatim writing skills further by being assigned to cover a multitude of court hearings and arbitrations, working alongside an editor, where a daily transcript was produced at the end of each day and sent to the client and the judge(s). After many years of court reporting, where I gained a lot of experience in the legal field, I moved into the world of Speech-to-Text Communication Support working for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. This is where a verbatim note is taken of everything that is being said in a variety of settings, in order for the deaf service user to fully participate. I am still working in the STT field to the present day, attending on-site assignments as well as covering a variety of remote STT work, which involves working from home and using an on-line remote sub-titling platform which the service user is able to access wherever he/she may be and read the sub-titles from their device. I am a Qualified Realtime Reporter with BIVR and NRCPD-registered.

I grew up in North London where I was educated and eventually married in 1995 and had three children. I now live with my family in the beautiful County of Somerset. In my spare time I like to go for long runs in the Quantock Hills and practise yoga.

  • Member
  • NRCPD Registered, Qualified Realtime Reporter - QRR, Verbatim STTR/Captioning - Remote, Verbatim STTR/Captioning - On-site
  • UK, EU
  • Devon, Somerset

Contact Details

Email

mirella200@btinternet.com

Website