Civil Litigation,
Criminal
Jun. 17, 2019
The realities of court reporting in the 21st century
Digital reporting has shown that it can effectively fill the gap caused by inadequate numbers of shorthand reporters and keep the system functioning.
Martin H. Block
Martin has a 50-year legacy as an advocate for the use of technology in the court reporting and text processing industries and has been recognized for his significant contributions to the development and growth of closed-captioning. Dr. Block is a past-president of the NCRA and has held leadership roles with several other state-level court reporting associations. History's first on-air, real-time captioner, Dr. Block was the keynote speaker at the March 2019 AAERT Executive Forum.
Founding Father John Adams stated, "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." A fact is a reality that cannot be logically disputed or rejected.
The National Court Reporters Association, with a membership exclusively comprised of shorthand reporters, sponsored a study in 2013-2014 by Ducker Worldwide to assess both ...
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