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Digital Court Reporting with Legal Transcription

Course ID: SEF-3001CEG
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Court reporting is one of the fastest-growing career areas in the legal system. This 100% online course prepares you to enter the court reporting field as a digital court reporter and a legal transcriber. You will be fully prepared to pass the Certified Electronic Reporter (CER) and Certified Electronic Transcriber (CET) exams offered by the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers (AAERT). The AAERT's nationally recognized certifications are leading credentials required by various court systems and agencies.
NOTE: If taking the course to prepare for the exam, please research the locations you are interested in working to determine whether they use digital reporting methods and ask if they recognize AAERT certification.

Course Objectives

Learn how to create an accurate legal transcript

Explore the fundamentals of the United States legal system

Study professionalism, ethics and confidentiality

Learn legal, medical and industry terminology

Learn about digital reporting hardware and software, including practice using digital recording software

Outline of Instruction

Digital Court Reporter: The legal system, terminology, hardware, software and annotations, on the job and on the record, court work and large proceedings, professionalism in the legal system, course wrap-up

Legal Transcription: Transcriptionist software setup, English language, terminology, grammar and punctuation, building the transcript, transcription assignments and working environment, transcription assignments and course wrap-up

Contact Hours

120

CEUs

Industry Standard, State or National Certification

Certification

None

Website

None

Certification Learning Outcomes/Requirements

CE or CU Articulation

Prerequisites

To complete this course, you need a high school diploma or equivalent, basic computer skills (create folders/directories and save files, locate files saved on a computer and upload them to a webpage, use a web browser to search the internet and familiarity with a word processing program) and the ability to use Zoom or other videoconferencing software. You also must be eligible for notary public commissions in your state.

Learning Supplies Needed

Hardware requirements:
You may use either a PC or a Mac for this course, but support for Mac-specific issues is not provided. Additionally, if you intend to use the trial version of the digital reporting software (included), a PC is required, as it is not compatible with Mac systems. (Most software providers in this field primarily support PC platforms.)
If using a desktop with no internal sound card, it may be necessary to plug in an external microphone.
A reliable internet connection

Software requirements:
PC: Windows 11 or later
Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome is preferred. Mozilla Firefox and Safari are also compatible.
MS Word (Microsoft Word 2016, 2019 and Office 365), CAT software or any other word processing softare. (Only support for MS Word is provided.)
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Free Express Scribe software. You will be provided with download instructions upon enrollment.
A free trial of digital reporting software will be provided in the software module of the course.
Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins, except for the Express Scribe and digital reporting software.

Other:
Email capabilities and access to a personal email account

Instructional material requirements:
The supplies required for this course are included in enrollment. The following will be shipped to you approximately seven to 10 business days after enrollment: AltoEdge USB foot pedal and Transcriber headphones.