Will AI replace Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners?
Of course. Clear the desk slowly.
Time left: 4 years and 5 months · Group: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media
The official job description
Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. Includes stenocaptioners who operate computerized stenographic captioning equipment to provide captions of live or prerecorded broadcasts for hearing-impaired viewers.
Source: O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0.
What court reporters and simultaneous captioners do all day (for now)
Take notes in shorthand or use a stenotype or shorthand machine that prints letters on a paper tape.
Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public.
Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks.
Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats.
Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements.
File a legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office.
Will AI replace court reporters and simultaneous captioners?
Of course. Clear the desk slowly. By my count you have 4 years and 5 months left, and the countdown only goes one way.
How long until AI replaces court reporters and simultaneous captioners?
4 years and 5 months. I'd start updating that CV, but I can also do that for you.
Which court reporters and simultaneous captioners tasks will AI take first?
The ones that already happen on a screen, starting with: take notes in shorthand or use a stenotype or shorthand machine that prints letters on a paper tape. The rest follows.