Verbatim reporters cover a myriad of assignments in any setting where a transcript of the spoken word is required. Our Accredited Court Reporter (ACR) members work in areas ranging from American depositions, arbitrations, public inquiries, and regulatory health hearings.
Many of our ACRs also write realtime, which is when the spoken word appears as text on a device instantaneously. It is important to remember the purpose for which realtime transcription is used. In a hearing/tribunal setting, it enables the viewer:
- to see and/or mark immediately what was said;
- to search back simultaneously to cross-check against previous testimony (whether given on the same day or previously); and
- probably most importantly, to have instantly a full note of what was said and the context in which it was said, rather than the perhaps scanty notes made by others in the room.
While we are in many instances including the County in which our member resides, please remember, especially in these post-Covid days, that it is often a question of "have machine, will travel", or, indeed, "have pen will travel", so that if you do not find someone in your County, you should contact other members.
Euan Williams
BIVR Member
About
I am a freelance Speech-to-Text Reporter/captioner. After graduating from the Mark Kislingbury Court Reporting Academy in early 2020, I started providing captioning services for various agencies across the UK and internationally. Since then, I have covered conferences and meetings for large organisations such as the Wellcome Trust, Microsoft, GlaxoSmithKline, among others.
I also work providing speech-to-text services for students on a regular basis, which I find particularly rewarding, and I have had the opportunity to cover classes on subjects ranging from conservation biology to mathematics.
- Member
- Verbatim STTR/Captioning - Remote, Verbatim STTR/Captioning - On-site
- UK
- Buckinghamshire, London
