What steps go into producing a finished deposition transcript?
After the court reporter attends a deposition, she will commonly send the audio file to her typist to have it transcribed into a word-processor file. After the deposition has been fully typed, it is sent to a proofreader. The proofreader listens to the audio file of the deposition and compares it to the typed file. She makes corrections and adjusts basic formatting, whereupon the corrected transcript file is sent back to the court reporter. The court reporter then makes final corrections, carefully checking over the names, addresses, technical terms, and other information the typist and proofreader may not have had knowledge of. After making all final adjustments, the court reporter sends her transcript file and all exhibits to our office to be produced. When our scheduler receives all the components from the reporter, she records that the job has been received (“checked in”) at our office. She then organizes the documents and delivers them to the production department. The file is the
