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SCOPING SCHOOL!

 Learn to edit for court reporters...
 

LET'S MAKE     A DEAL!       Your brain   +  our training   =  Professional            Scopist What are you waiting for?

  

 This course offers all the essential elements of being a scopist:  

• “Quick and Easy Punctuation”: based on Morson’s English Guide for Court Reporters, (provided) the basis for the new punctuation course being offered to court reporting schools by Stenograph University;
• Notereading:  Reading of stenotype (machine shorthand) notes;
• Medical Terminology:  based on the book A Court Reporter’s Guide to Medical Terminology (provided);
• Transcript Production:  How to produce a high-quality, well-edited transcript, meeting the requirements of a variety of reporters;
• "The Successful Professional Scopist": Tons of tips - garnered over a 30-year scoping career - on everything from marketing to reference materials to ethics to being involved in the scoping profession;
• Case CATalyst Training:  In-depth training on Case CATalyst software, made by Stenograph Corporation, the largest
  provider of court-reporting software, servicing 60-65% of practicing court reporters.
• Reporter Files:  Approximately 50 files written by about a dozen different court reporters upon which the student can practice editing, then compare his/her work to the edited file.  (Also provided in RTF format for those who choose CAT systems other than CATalyst.)
  
  Please explore our site to learn more about scoping, and to find out if you possess the aptitude and skills that could make scoping the career for you! 
     

  Shopping Tips: Be sure to ask the right questions when you are comparing scopist training courses : 1. How many lessons/pages are in the different sections of your course? 2. How much experience do you have in scoping as well as in teaching scoping? 3. Other than teaching, how have you been involved in improving/promoting the  scoping profession? 4. How many practice files do you have? See a more complete list under our "Compare ISS" button. More tips to follow...