Realtime systems translate the reporter's stenographic input instantly, displaying text on connected devices. Counsel can mark passages, add private annotations, and search prior testimony during the deposition.
It is an additional service charge.
Alternative Names:
Realtime, Live Transcription
Why it Matters?
The searchable prior testimony is the capability that matters most, since locating a witness's earlier answer to confront an inconsistency is otherwise a matter of memory. Marking passages during testimony also produces the designation candidates immediately rather than requiring a later transcript review. For a long deposition of a critical witness the cost is generally justified; for routine depositions it is not.
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