NCJ Number
25113
Date Published
1973
Length
119 pages
Annotation
ELECTRONIC COURT REPORTING TECHNIQUES WERE COMPARED WITH COURT REPORTERS ON 37 CASES TO DETERMINE WHETHER RECORDINGS ARE A FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF COURT REPORTING IN TERMS OF ACCURACY, SPEED, AND COSTS.
Abstract
THE STUDY DETERMINED THAT THE RATIO OF ERRORS ON ALL TRANSCRIPTS BETWEEN THE COURT REPORTERS AND PROJECT PERSONNEL WAS OVER THREE TO ONE. ON THE THREE MONITORED 'DAILIES' (DAILY TRANSCRIPTS), THE TIME EXPENDED BY THE PROJECT IN COMPLETING THESE CASES WAS COMPARABLE TO THAT EXPENDED BY THE COURT REPORTERS. FURTHERMORE, IT WAS SHOWN THAT ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT CAN BE INSTALLED WITH ALL ITS ATTENDANT EXPENSES IN THE PRESENT COURT SYSTEM AT A YEARLY COST THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 70 PERCENT OF THE COST OF THE COURT REPORTER SYSTEM FOR THE YEAR 1972 (IN THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT).