# Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners

> Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. Includes stenocaptioners who operate computerized stenographic captioning equipment to provide captions of live or prerecorded broadcasts for hearing-impaired viewers.

- **SOC code:** 27-3092.00
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/roles/role-27-3092-00
- **Also known as:** Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR), Court Reporter, Court Stenographer, Official Court Reporter, Court Monitor, Court Recording Monitor, Deposition Reporter, Digital Court Reporter
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap (how codifiable the work is), not jobs lost or a forecast. Every figure below is traced to a named public dataset.

## What this work is

**Core tasks** (O*NET):
- Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks.
- Proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words.
- Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements.
- Take notes in shorthand or use a stenotype or shorthand machine that prints letters on a paper tape.
- Record symbols on computer storage media and use computer aided transcription to translate and display them as text.
- Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public.
- Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats.
- Log and store exhibits from court proceedings.
- File a legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office.
- File and store shorthand notes of court session.
- Type court orders for judges.
- Respond to requests during court sessions to read portions of the proceedings already recorded.

**Emerging tasks** (O*NET):
- File exhibits.
- Perform secretarial tasks for the court.
- Swear in witnesses.

## Skills, tools, capabilities

**Knowledge, skills & abilities** (O*NET, highest importance first):
- English Language _(knowledge)_
- Administrative _(knowledge)_
- Computers and Electronics _(knowledge)_
- Oral Comprehension _(ability)_
- Speech Recognition _(ability)_
- Active Listening _(essential_skill)_
- Written Expression _(ability)_
- Law and Government _(knowledge)_
- Written Comprehension _(ability)_
- Oral Expression _(ability)_
- Near Vision _(ability)_
- Selective Attention _(ability)_

**Skills in demand:**
- English Language _(Common Skill)_
- Speech Recognition _(Specialized Skill)_
- Active Listening _(Common Skill)_
- Writing _(Common Skill)_
- Information Ordering _(Specialized Skill)_
- Reading Comprehension _(Common Skill)_
- Time Management _(Common Skill)_
- Microsoft Word _(Common Skill)_
- Microsoft Outlook _(Common Skill)_
- Microsoft Excel _(Common Skill)_
- Finger Dexterity _(Common Skill)_
- Deductive Reasoning _(Common Skill)_

**Tools & technology:**
- Microsoft Office software _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Microsoft Excel _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Outlook _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Word _(hot technology)_
- Acclaim Legal Acclaim DepoManage
- Acculaw Court Reporters Billing Scheduling Job Management System ABSMS
- Advantage Software Total Eclipse
- AudioScribe SpeechCAT
- Chase Software Solutions Court Reporting Software
- Cheetah International SmartCAT
- Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
- Courtpages

## AI exposure & outlook

- **AI task-overlap index:** 83rd percentile (High) across all occupations — composite of current-era exposure studies (ai-exposure-index-v1).
- **LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou):** 91st percentile (High) — source: eloundou_gamma.
- **AI assistant applicability (Microsoft):** 68th percentile (High) — source: microsoft_applicability.
- **Projected employment (BLS 2024–34):** -0.3% growth (Declining); 1.7k annual openings; 17.7k → 17.7k jobs.
- **Pay & employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** median $67,310; 12,630 employed.

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **Microsoft “Working with AI”** (working-with-ai) — Microsoft Research. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-27-3092-00_