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.

Heather Casali

Subscriber, BIVR Member

About

In 1993 I completed my reporting qualification (225 wpm) from Court Reporting Inc. Plainview, NY.
2000 - 2001
BBC Captioning Training Programme
2001 – 2018
Working within the Access Services Department during transitions through Red Bee Media and later Ericsson, I worked across all channels at BBC, Sky News, Sky Sports, Channel 4, Channel 5 and BT Sport, captioning all genres including news, documentary, sports, and entertainment.
2018 - Present
I now enjoy providing verbatim real-time, speech-to-text communication support, onsite or remotely for clients and for larger audiences in lectures, conferences, galleries, and for theatre and the arts.

Memberships:
2019 National Registers for Communication Professionals (NRCPD)
2019 British Institute of Verbatim Reporters (FBIVR)
2020 Association of Verbatim Speech to Text Reporters (AVSTTR)
• 2019 Signature’s Level 1 Deaf Awareness
• Services offered: Broadcast Captioning, Verbatim STTR/Captioning, on-site and remote.
• Locations: UK, EU
Contact Details
Email
Heathercasali.stenography@gmail.com

  • Member
  • Broadcast Captioning, NRCPD Registered, Verbatim STTR/Captioning - Remote, Verbatim STTR/Captioning - On-site
  • UK, EU
  • Kent

Contact Details

Email

Heathercasali.stenography@gmail.com

Website