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Name
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CAT System (for scoping only)
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E-mail
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Phone
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Alternate Phone/Emergency Contact
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Type of Reporter
Freelance
Federal
State
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Preferred Style Guide
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Morson’s English Guide for Court Reporters by Lillian Morson
Court Reporting: Bad Grammar/Good Punctuation by Margie Wakeman Wells
The Gregg Reference Manual
*FOR SCOPING SERVICES ONLY*
Mark all that apply.
Require editing with audio
Clean up lawyers
Leave in "strike that"
Paragraph after "strike that"
Center examinations
(indicating) when witness points
A. -- for when witness responds after colloquy
THE WITNESS: -- for when witness responds after colloquy
Space before and after dashes
Ellipses
Add [sic] when speaker clearly misstates or says something “weird”
BY line format
BY MR. LAWYER: Q. Did you say that?
BY MR. LAWYER: [next line] Q. Did you say that?
BY MR. LAWYER: Did you say that?
(By Mr. Lawyer) Did you say that?
(BY MR. LAWYER) Did you say that?
Other:
Clear selection
Spelling
Upper case
Lower case
Stitch
Preferences for inserting dropped words
Just type them in
^ word (or conflict as needed)
Other:
Clear selection
Aside from a video transcript, preference when it comes to adding small and inconsequential dropped words such as "okay," "that," "and," etc.
Don't worry about it
Please include
Other:
Clear selection
Preference for leaving you notes within the transcript
Hidden notes
Scan stops
^ ....................
Other:
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*FOR BOTH SCOPING AND PROOFING*
Mark all punctuation preferences that apply.
If witness says "eight o'clock"
eight o'clock
8 o'clock
8:00 o'clock
8:00
Other: __________
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If witness says "eight p.m."
8 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
Other: __________
If witness says "It's from five to eight"
five to eight
5 to 8
5:00 to 8:00
Other: __________
Dates
3/12/17
3-12-17
Other: __________
Clear selection
January 2000
January, 2000,
Other: __________
Other:
Clear selection
Dates used as descriptors
January 5th, 2016, accident
January 5th, 2016 accident
Other: __________
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Decades
90's
'90's
90s
'90s
Clear selection
Date preference
1991 or 2
1991 or '2
1991 or '92
Other: __________
Clear selection
If witness says "five million dollars"
$5 million dollars
five million dollars
5 million dollars
Other: __________
Clear selection
$$$
10 or 15 dollars
$10 or $15
10 or $15
Other: __________
Clear selection
one to two thousand dollars
1- to $2,000
Other: __________
Clear selection
Exhibit # preferences
Exhibit No. 4
Exhibit Number 4
Other: __________
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Oxford comma
lions, tigers, and bears
lions, tigers and bears
Clear selection
Commas or questions marks?
How long were you in London? Two days? Two months? Two years?
How long were you in London, two days, two months, two years?
Clear selection
Page and line #'s
Page 10, Line 20
page 10, line 20
Other: __________
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Objections
Objection, form.
Objection; form.
Objection. Form.
Other: __________
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In answer to a question
No, I didn't see him.
No. I didn't see him.
No; I didn't see him.
Clear selection
Is that correct/right?
It was a blue car, is that correct?
It was a blue car; is that correct?
It was a blue car. Is that correct?
Other: __________
Clear selection
Correct/right at end of question
It was a blue car, right?
It was a blue car; right?
It was a blue car. Right?
Clear selection
Punctuation on questions
You need to answer verbally, do you understand?
You need to answer verbally; do you understand?
You need to answer verbally. Do you understand?
Clear selection
Miscellaneous
2nd grade
second grade
Clear selection
e-mail
email
Clear selection
mid-'70s
mid 70's
Clear selection
Additional Preferences (Mark all that apply)
Keep together function on Mr./Mrs./Mr./Dr./No.
Direct quotation marks (reading from documents)
Indirect quotation marks (person speaking for another)
Capitalize Counsel if it can be replaced with a name – Repeat that, Counsel/Lisa.
Capitalize Plaintiff/Defendant if it can be replaced with a name
Capitalize North, South, East, West (Up North)
Hyphens between – inch-and-a-half
Spell out numbers one through nine
Maintain consistency with numbers in like items -- I worked 25 hours at ABC. When I worked at XYZ, it was 5.
Set off throwaway phrases with commas -- We stayed for, like, an hour.
Comma before too – He went with us, too.
Comma before then -- What did he look like, then?
Hyphen before or after incomplete numbers
Capitalize cited numbered references -- Question 8, Paragraph 7, Article IX
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