Stenotype & Reporting Terms

Question 1

Captioner (Stenocaptioner)

Answer 1

A stenotypist who captions television programs. Much captioning is done in a realtime environment.

Question 2

CART

Answer 2

Communication Access Realtime Translation - instant translation services provided by ESL or hearing impaired students by stenotype

Question 3

CAT

Answer 3

Computer-Aided Trascription - the use of computers to translate stenotype notes

Question 4

CBC

Answer 4

Certified Broadcast Captioner - certification acquired by passing NCRA’s CBC/CCP examination

Question 5

CCP

Answer 5

Certified CART provider - acquired by passing NCRA’s CBC/CCP examination

Question 6

CIC

Answer 6

Computer-Integrated Courtroom - the use of computers by court reporters in the courtroom itself - associated with realtime writing

Question 7

Conflict

Answer 7

Using the same outline for more than one word - need to be corrected in the edit phase as the computer cannot always know the correct word - inappropriate for realtime

Question 8

Conflict Free

Answer 8

A system of writing whereby every word has a unique outline. StenEd is conflict free

Question 9

CRI

Answer 9

Certified Reporting Instructor - acquired by taking NCRA’s CRI examination