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4 October 2018 • NVRA eVoice
GROUND BREAKING DECISIONS MADE BY
CALIFORNIA COURT REPORTERS BOARD
At its meeting on Monday, conducted a survey of licensees and voice writers will be allowed to sit for
September 17, 2018, the stakeholders in California. The one the licensing examination.*
California Court Reporters question survey was as follows:
Board (CRB) voted The California Court Reporters Board
unanimously to direct staff to pursue Dear Court Reporting anticipates that voice writers could
necessary steps to allow voice Stakeholder: be qualified for the CSR exam as
writers to practice in California as early as Summer 2019.
licensees. The decision was bold and The Court Reporters Board is
ground-breaking and comes in considering licensing voice California Opportunities
response to the California CRB’s writers to practice in Await – CSR in 2019?
efforts to resolve a growing shortage California. If you are
of court reporters in the state. unfamiliar with voice writers, Voice writers have an INCREDIBLE
they use their voices rather opportunity to be ambassadors for
For years, voice writers have than their fingers to create our profession in the coming months.
expressed interest in working in the record. They speak into a Start honing your skills now and be
California courts, but there was no steno mask and utilize voice ready to shine when the opportunity
opportunity to do so. Licensure was recognition software that arises. Pass the tests and get to work;
restricted to machine writers; voice they have programed like educate reporters, attorneys, and the
writers were not allowed to test or be steno dictionaries to public one assignment at a time.
licensed in the state. But California translate what they say into
has suffered a severe shortage of English. In advance of the To the California CRB, thank you for
court reporters, and, over the years, Board discussing this issue at your forward thinking! We look for-
the shortage has worsened. the September 17, 2018, ward to working together with you.
meeting, we are asking all
As voice writers were being stakeholders to complete a *About the CSR Exam:
considered as a possible solution to one-question survey. Please This includes four-voice dictation
the shortage, the California CRB take the time to let the from an actual court or deposition
invited National Verbatim Reporters Board know how you feel. transcript, at 200 words per
Association (NVRA) to appear at the This short survey can be minute for 12 to 13 minutes.
July CRB meeting to educate its found here: https://www. The material will be dictated live.
members about the voice writing surveymonkey.com/r/ 97.5% accuracy is required to pass.
method of court reporting. F2CB8CG. For more information, see Court
NVRA president Don Scott and 1. Do you support Voice Reporters Board.
member Tori Pittman attended the Writers being licensed in
Los Angeles meeting on NVRA’s California?”
behalf. Tori provided a real-time
demonstration as Don described the About 1400 members responded,
origin and development of the voice and the results were 2 to 1 against
writing method. They answered voice writers being licensed in
questions from the board and from California. Despite those results, the
members in the audience and, board determined that, in light of
ultimately, asked the board for continuing low success rates at the
consideration to allow voice writers Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR)
to sit for the exam and work in examination over the past 10 years
California. and in the interest of the public good,
Following the July meeting, the CRB
