In many states across the country, the state governments are spending millions of dollars to install digital recording technology in courtrooms. This switch to digital technology is an attempt to save money “in the long run,” but doesn’t come without problems. If digital recordings are made of a trial and someone needs that file transcribed, the recording is sent to a transcriber for that work. The transcriber listens to the recording and either writes it on a stenograph machine or types it out in a Word program. This is how the written record is created from the digital recording. Again, however, a plethora of problems can occur within....MORE
