tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post5651328051825797449..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: The Court Reporter's TaleLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-82100160441222999062012-04-12T14:03:58.513-04:002012-04-12T14:03:58.513-04:00Brings back memories of when I worked for the Admi...Brings back memories of when I worked for the Administrative Law Judges in the Social Security Administration in the 1980s. When I started, the transcribers or what ever they were called used the cone thing to record the hearings. When I left in the late 1990s, they had began using tape recorders.<br /><br />Strange, none of the news stories about the judge here Knoxville who was found guilty of misconduct ever mentioned the court reporter.Louis A. Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16563842429688123421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-51691810656965943772012-04-12T12:32:41.384-04:002012-04-12T12:32:41.384-04:00Eve, your post brings it all back. I worked as a c...Eve, your post brings it all back. I worked as a court transcriber in the '70s and early '80s. Even at this late date, if I saw stenotype notes by any reporter I'd ever worked with, I could read them back & know who wrote them. I also transcribed Stenomask, which you call the "cone" and we called the "asthma cup". The only good Stenomask reporter I ever knew learned how by watching Perry Mason on TV & repeating everything that was said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-74697305374951341162012-04-12T10:48:10.544-04:002012-04-12T10:48:10.544-04:00Yes, the cone is used in some places - not up here...Yes, the cone is used in some places - not up here, though. All the new equipment has a recorder built into it - I'm sure the recorder is digital these days. I know this stuff because I was Circuit Administrator for the 4th Judicial Circuit for a few years, and I got to know the court reporters very well, for obvious reasons. I'll share more war stories as time goes along... :)Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-55555611993209122422012-04-12T10:16:54.826-04:002012-04-12T10:16:54.826-04:00This is great information, Eve. I'm not sure ...This is great information, Eve. I'm not sure I've EVER seen a court reporter present in a Judge's-chamber discussion, in the movies or on TV.John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-77488114590727325832012-04-12T10:00:42.628-04:002012-04-12T10:00:42.628-04:00Wow, that is amazing. How do you know all this?
...Wow, that is amazing. How do you know all this?<br /><br />years ago I saw a navy document, i believe it was a training manual for the position of legalman, or something like that, and they weree talking about court reporters who recorded by repeating everything that was said into a cone like microphone. Bizarre.Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.com