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The Stenography Shortage Is Impacting Client Service: What's the Future of Court Reporting?

In the court reporting market, technology has matured to match or exceed stenography's stronghold on speed and accuracy and, as such, is poised to disrupt the market.

8 minute read June 01, 2022 at 12:07 AM
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Dean Whalen
The Stenography Shortage Is Impacting Client Service: What's the Future of Court Reporting?

Stenography was introduced to the legal market in 1879 — and, aside from moving from mechanical to electrical, has seen little innovation in the past 143 years. Stenography was, in fact, an excellent innovation over longhand note-taking — and for good reason.

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