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Court reporter shortage: A misnomer with a people-centered solution?

December 20, 2022

The U.S. “court reporter shortage,” which Californian court officials this month labelled “a crisis,” can be resolved without descending into a jobs-versus-technology argument. Best-practice digital court recording systems already provide an efficient and reliable solution, combining secure and fit-for-purpose technology that supports—rather than replaces—people who capture, and are responsible for, the record. The issue of the stenographer shortage was highlighted on... Read More

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Setting the Record Straight: Interview with a Digital Court Reporter | Part Three

November 16, 2022

Margaret Morgan, a Digital Court Reporter based in Minnesota, captures the record using digital court recording technology. This is the final part in a series of interviews with Digital Court Reporter, Margaret Morgan. For those not familiar with the nuanced and sophisticated world of capturing the court record, there are many perceptions and interests at odds with each other in the... Read More

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Court cybersecurity—is it possible to protect the digital court record?

November 4, 2022

The Joint Technology Committee (JTC) of COSCA, NCSC, CITOC, and NACM could never have known how predictive its Cybersecurity Basics for Courts report was when it published the work in December 2019. A few months after release—when the unprecedented pandemic forced US courts to turn to technology to keep their doors open with remote and hybrid setups—that report began to read like a... Read More

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Working for the record: Interview with a Digital Court Reporter—Part Two

September 29, 2022

Judge Joseph Chase and Digital Court Reporter Margaret Morgan during a court hearing. This is part two of three in a series of interviews with Digital Court Reporter, Margaret Morgan. Stay tuned for part three.The appetite for courtroom modernization has experienced significant growth around the world and across America since the onset of the pandemic. Consequently, the level of innovation... Read More

The World of Capturing the Court Record: Interview with a Digital Court Reporter—Part One

September 8, 2022

Margaret Morgan, a Digital Court Reporter based in Minnesota, captures the record using digital court recording technology. This is part one of three in a series of interviews with Digital Court Reporter, Margaret Morgan. Read part two here.The record turnout of digital court reporters and transcribers (gathering in-person for the first time since 2019) at the American Association of Electronic... Read More

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Accessibility in the courts: 32 years on from the Americans with Disabilities Act

July 30, 2022

Equal access to legal processes and the wider justice system is a fundamental right,  granted by the U.S. Constitution and further reinforced by Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Act, which became law in 1990, protects people with disabilities from discrimination in State and local government services, programs, and activities, including law enforcement agencies and... Read More

Global Accessibility Awareness Day: Ensuring digital inclusion and access to justice

May 19, 2022

The purpose of Global Accessibility Awareness Day is to educate people about digital access and inclusion.   For policymakers, organizations, and technology providers in the legal and justice spaces, it is imperative to drive commitment to practices that ensure every person living with a disability has positive digital experiences—whether they are accessing content, resources, websites, digital platforms, remote/hybrid proceedings, or... Read More

For The Record Debuts Groundbreaking Speech-to-Text Transcription Technology at Legalweek 

March 11, 2022

Announcing FTR RealTime: An Automated Speech-to-Text Transcription Service for Courtrooms  For The Record continues a 30-year legacy of ground–breaking legal technology with the release of FTR RealTime. The sophisticated, speech-to-text transcription service maintains pace with the spoken word while processing dialects, complex legal terminology, and multiple languages. With unprecedented accuracy of up to 95%, FTR RealTime eliminates the need to hire costly... Read More

2021 court technology trends: How ‘disruption by design’ is future-proofing courts against the unpredictable

December 23, 2021

Innovative technological solutions for courts are underpinned by the concept of ‘disruption by design’––intentional and positive disruptions of traditional methods of administering justice for the benefit of all, in the face of unpredictable societal disruptions.   Today, we are looking at the major trends in court technology that we have seen––and enabled––throughout the year.   Predictability and reliability in technological solutions offer certainty in an uncertain world. Court users expect the technology they use to operate as expected and... Read More