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.”

Francis Barrett

BIVR Member

About

I qualified as a Fully Accredited Court Reporter with the Association of Professional Shorthand Writers (APSW) in 1992 after working in Liverpool Crown Court since 1989 and later transferred to the British Institute Of Verbatim Reporters (BIVR) after dissolution of the APSW in 2000. I regularly work with various deafness organisations such as the RNID (Royal National Institute for Deaf People) the EHRC (Equality and Human Rights Commission), NLHF (National Lottery Heritage Fund) and many large conferences for both disability and commercial organisations.
I passed the Deaf Awareness examination with the Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People (CACDP) in June 1995. I passed the CACDP certificate in British Sign Language Stage One in February 1999.
In 1991 I qualified as a court reporter' with APSW (Association of Professional Shorthand Writers). In June 1994 I passed the 210 words per minute examination. I became a CACDP accredited Speech To Text Reporter (STTR) in August 1998 after passing two endorsements with deafened examiners. In September 2001 I qualified as a QRTR (Qualified Real Time Reporter).
With the advent of online working since COVID I support many clients for Zoom and Teams meetings via the user-friendly StreamText platform. Although I support lots of clients online I am probably the only STTR who actually prefers on-site work and still support clients all over the country in this.

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

Contact Details

Email

palantype@verbatimreporting.co.uk

Phone

07970 438088

Website

http://verbatimreporting.co.uk