What are the advantages of a court reporting service over an audio recording equipment? (1)

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What are the advantages of a court reporting
service over an audio recording equipment?

• ByElizabeth Gallo Court Reporting, LLC

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• Are you one of those attorneys that are doubtful
  about hiring a court reporting service? Well,
  these major advantages of hiring a court reporter
  over relying solely on this modern recording
  equipment can help you come up with a more
  reasonable decision.
• Smart attorneys understand the important role
  that national court reporting services play in
  every hearing, litigation, conference, court
  trial, and legal deposition. However, because
  most of the court reporting services are quite
  expensive and because of the availability of the
  modern audio recording equipment in some of the
  courtrooms in Georgia, many attorneys become
  hesitant as to whether it is worth to hire a
  court reporter or not.

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• If you are one of them, make sure that you check
  out first the different advantages of hiring a
  court reporting service over relying solely on
  this modern recording equipment before coming up
  with a final decision.

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More accurate records

• Court reporters have studied court reporting for
  years. They have also undergone and passed
  intensive training regarding how to accurately
  record all the essential parts of the court
  hearing. They are also expert when it comes to
  legal terms and procedures.
• When there are words that are unclearly uttered
  by the witness or perhaps when the speaker speaks
  too fast, they can be able to cut through and ask
  the witness or speaker to speak clearly and
  moderately so that they can be able to take a
  more precise record. On the contrary, the audio
  recorder can't be able to do this, which leads to
  less accurate and less reliable record.

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2. Two or more people speaking in chorus

• Sometimes you can't avoid people speaking in
  chorus most especially in the case of a heated
  court trial. In cases like this, the court
  reporter can ask the court to let the involved
  individuals talk one at a time and to avoid
  talking simultaneously all at once.
  Unfortunately, an audio recorder can't function
  as such no matter how technologically advanced it
  is.

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3. On time recording

• Normally, the audio recorder is turned off during
  recess. It will only be turned on again when the
  proceedings are resumed. However, there are some
  instances that the audio recording device is
  still turned off even after the recess. Needless
  to say, if you are relying only on the recorder
  to take records of the testimony, you will have
  no single record of the proceeding until the
  recorder is turned on again. This can create a
  great impact on your case.

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• However, if you hire one of the famous court
  reporters for your hearing, litigation,
  conference, court trial, and legal deposition,
  you don't have to worry about errors such as
  this..

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4. On time recording

• Georgia court reporters are used to work in a
  noisy environment. They can still effectively
  work despite being surrounded by noise and
  nuances may it be inside or outside the
  courtroom. If the external noise like a fire,
  ambulance, or police siren gets too loud that it
  becomes impossible for the court reporter to hear
  what's being discussed inside the courtroom, he
  or she is allowed to interrupt the proceedings
  and ask the court or the parties to pause the
  proceedings for a few seconds or until the siren
  is gone. He or she can also ask the parties to
  reiterate what has been spoken during such time.
• On the other end, the audio recording device
  records every single noise it can capture. So, if
  there are instances like this, there is no chance
  for the transcriber to clearly determine what was
  being said during the time when the siren blocked
  out the sound.

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• Elizabeth Gallo Court Reporting, LLC

2900 Chamblee Tucker Rd Building 13, Atlanta, GA
30341
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