A U.S. district judged ruled that an audio transcript of a trial was sufficient to make rulings on post-trial motions. The plaintiff's attorneys argued that the judge need only to listen to the portions of audio that the parties have cited in their briefs, and they did clarify that they have no intention...
Nuance Communications, Inc. Powerscribe for Radiology has dramatically increased productivity in the Baptist Memorial Health Care medical network. The goal when introducing the software was to reduce turnover time for the production of radiology reports. Reports were created and available faster and...
by Shannon P. Duffy, The Legal Intelligencer November 10, 2008 As U.S. District Judge Michael M. Baylson sees it, advances in courtroom technology are valuable only if the courts are open-minded and flexible enough to harness them for all they're worth. So when a losing plaintiff asked Baylson for...
November-December 2008 JCR By Sandy Bunch VanderPol, RMR, CRR Can digital signatures add value to your transcripts? Here is one reporter’s story about how her clients embraced digital signatures. Do attorneys or the courts need digital signatures?” I asked myself when I made the decision...
November-December 2008 JCR By Alex Kasperavicius Back during high school, when you spent hours lying on your bed and perfecting your signature, did you ever consider the purpose of your unique, special squiggle — other than being, oh, so sophisticated? How about today? When you sign a credit card...
November-December 2008 JCR By David Ward Court reporters find themselves face-to-face with the rise of vast online legal document repositories. Whether run by the courts themselves — and right now the federal courts are at the cutting edge of this trend — or by a growing number of private...
From a portion of a review on MacWorld by Antony Bolante November 4, 2008 Speech transcription However useful it may be, it’s hard to get excited about manually logging metadata—or as Adobe calls it, metalogging. But many editors will be thrilled to hear about one of the Metadata panel’s...
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