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.

Caroline Booth

Subscriber, BIVR Member

About

Hi, I am Caroline Booth and I have been a Qualified Real-time Reporter (QRR) since 2002. I cover Live Captioning (onsite and virtual) events/meetings etc in a variety of fields including Government, Financial, IT Tech and Charity, and Retail Clients, Sport, Unions, wherever they may occur around the UK. The start of my career was in the Court space. I am based in Berkshire.
I commenced Stenographer Training in September 1994 at Kensington College of Business, and completed the two year course in one year. I became a fully accredited Court Reporter in September 1996, and worked at St Albans Crown Court. After 6 years as a Court Reporter, I commenced training to become an STTR and qualified in 2002, passing the CACDP (as was at the time) Deaf Awareness Exam. I have also served on the council of both Professional Bodies, AVSTTR & BIVR in the past, and have 20 years’ experience captioning in various fields. This includes union conferences for 15 years, large tech conferences eg. Microsoft, large NHS conferences, TUC conferences, UNISON Conferences, various other public industries. I also work for Government, Local Authorities, NHS Trusts and in the Charity Sector. I am based in Berkshire – near Reading. I am also a Partner of CJ Captioning: www.cjcaptioning.co.uk

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

Contact Details

Email

carolineannbooth@btinternet.com

Website

http://www.cjcaptioning.co.uk