Qualified Realtime Reporter (QRR) exams consist of 5 minutes’ literary dictation at the varying below speeds in ascending and then descending order. Candidates are given a short glossary a week before the exam.  They are not permitted to scope/edit their file on exam day, and must achieve a 98% pass mark.  Please note that the QRR accreditation is only available to active BIVR members.

  • QRR1 = 160/170/180 wpm
  • QRR2 = 180/190/200 wpm
  • QRR3 = 200/210/220 wpm
  • QRR4 = 220/230/240 wpm

  • Heather Casali

  • Contact Info

  • 07375 228 981
  • Heathercasali.stenography@gmail.com

  • About Our Member

  • Having completed a Court Reporting 225 wpm evening programme in New York in 1993, in 2000, I began working for the BBC on their Broadcast Stenography Training Programme.
    At the BBC and later Red Bee Media and Ericsson, I worked across all channels at BBC, Sky News, Sky Sports, Channel 4, Channel 5 and BT Sport. I captioned all genres of live output including news, documentary, sports, and entertainment.

    I now enjoy providing verbatim real-time speech to text communication support one-to-one, onsite or remotely for clients and for larger audiences in lectures, conferences, galleries, and for theatre and the arts.
    In 2019 I completed Signature’s Level 1 Deaf Awareness and am registered
    with National Registers for Communication Professionals (NRCPD).
    Member: British Institute of Verbatim Reporters (BIVR)
    Member: Association of Verbatim Speech to Text Reporters (AVSTTR)
    Services offered: Verbatim STTR and Broadcast Captioning – Remote and onsite.
    Locations: UK

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