File and store shorthand notes of court session.

“File and store shorthand notes of court session.” is a core task performed by Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners. Among the occupation's 14 rated tasks, workers place it 5th by importance (#10 most important). About 91% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Prepare legal or regulatory documents. in Documenting/Recording Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks. · importance 4.8
• Proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words. · importance 4.8
• Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements. · importance 4.8
• Take notes in shorthand or use a stenotype or shorthand machine that prints letters on a paper tape. · importance 4.8
• Record symbols on computer storage media and use computer aided transcription to translate and display them as text. · importance 4.8
• Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public. · importance 4.8
• Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats. · importance 4.8
• Log and store exhibits from court proceedings. · importance 4.8
• File a legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office. · importance 4.7
• Type court orders for judges. · importance 4.7
• Respond to requests during court sessions to read portions of the proceedings already recorded. · importance 4.5
• Verify accuracy of transcripts by checking copies against original records of proceedings and accuracy of rulings by checking with judges. · importance 4.5
• Record depositions and other proceedings for attorneys. · importance 4.2

See all tasks on the Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-8659,
  title  = {File and store shorthand notes of court session.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-8659}
}