A little more than three months ago, I took my first Project Steno class. Today, I’m in my fourth week of Theory II at Stark State College. I used to have a perfectly normal busy life. Now I have my busy life plus three to four hours a day of steno practice, constantly moving my […]
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For 35 years, I’ve taught court reporters, captioners, instructors, and students how to take full advantage of their CAT software to produce cleaner, more accurate translation and output quality transcripts with less effort. Throughout that time, I’ve learned a lot about every aspect of the work that goes into creating a record… all except for […]
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Time flies when you’re on a journey of constant learning and growth! Today, we’re celebrating a remarkable milestone: completing our third year at Ascend Training by Stenograph and reflecting on the impact this resource has had. With Ascend, court reporting professionals in need of guidance and training on their Stenograph software products are working faster […]
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Whether your input method is steno or voice, as a professional reporter or CART/Captioner, your income depends on your ability to produce a highly accurate realtime translation and/or final transcript. You provide the input; your CAT system helps deliver the output, thus your CAT software is one of the most, if not the most, important […]
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What were you doing 25 years ago? If you were already in this field, you were probably trying to figure out how you would use your DOS-based CAT software on these newfangled Windows computers with those mouse things, which you were certain would be a lot slower than using your keyboard! If you were one […]
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Describing the last couple of years as “challenging” is perhaps the biggest understatement anyone could make. We have all been coping with significant changes in our personal and professional lives due to navigating the pandemic. In addition, changes to how we do our jobs have required significant adjustments to our routines. My interactions and conversations […]
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National, state, and regional conferences provide community interaction, networking, educational opportunities, and inspiration to the reporters, captioners, scopists, and students in our industry that attend them. Unfortunately, only a tiny fraction of our industry actively attend conferences because the cost, time, and travel required can be insurmountable obstacles. Fortunately, users of Stenograph products can enjoy […]
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I’ve had people ask me, “Why should I subscribe to Ascend Training by Stenograph when I can visit groups on Facebook for free? I’m already on Facebook for other things, and it’s just so easy to pop over there quickly.” Even if all you’re looking for is accurate information in a timely fashion, there are […]
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It’s fun to personalize the tools that we use. Here’s how you can create a cartoon avatar of yourself and use it as your icon button in CATalyst. When you create a new user in CATalyst, one of your options is to click the Change Icon button and change the icon from the default silhouette image. […]
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There are several instances when reporters will make use of an image in CATalyst. The most common is a signature image on a certificate page. Some reporters use a company logo as part of a cover page. Some use a photograph of a witness on a cover page. Regardless of the reason for the image, […]
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