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Captioning & Court Reporting Program

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What is Captioning and Court Reporting? It’s the ability to listen to the spoken word and accurately transcribe it into digital text. If you like to text and talk, this career is for you.

Tri-C’s Captioning and Court Reporting program offers one of the most recognized and sought after two-year degree programs in the country. It allows students to choose a learning path that fits their lifestyle -- online, campus or a combination of the two.

Currently, it is one of the most in-demand professions in the country. In courtrooms, boardrooms, conference rooms, classrooms, sport complexes and other venues, there is a growing need.

Program graduates typically have a job waiting for them with average starting salaries around $45,000 and the potential to earn more than $100,000 annually. Both steno and voice writers have the ability to maintain flexible work schedules, enabling them to fulfill family responsibilities and personal endeavors while pursuing exciting, lucrative careers. You can even work from home. This is exciting news to those of you who are attentive, focused, and driven!

What's Your Choice?

Two paths to a career in Captioning and Court Reporting:

Steno Writing

Steno TracksLove to text? Steno Writing is the track for you. Turn your typing and texting skills into a fantastic career. Steno writing is the term used to describe depressing the stenotype machine keys simultaneously to capture and transcribe the words of the speakers.

Steno Machine Scholarship: A two-year steno machine scholarship opportunity is available for students enrolled in campus Realtime Theory and Speedbuilding classes. Apply for the scholarship!

Steno Tracks:

Steno Machine Writing - Associate Degree
Certified Steno Writing Certificate

Voice Writing

Voice TracksLove to talk? Voice Writing is the track for you. Turn your talking and listening skills into a great paying career. Voice Technology uses speech recognition equipment and specialized software to translate speech into text.

Voice Tracks:

Voice Writing - Associate Degree
Court Reporting Technologies Certificate
Voice Writing - Short Term Certificate
Certified Voice Writing - Certificate

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Captioning and Court Reporting Program at Tri-C

Career Opportunities:

  • Freelance Reporter
  • Official Court Reporter
  • Broadcast Captioner (closed captioning)
  • Realtime venue captioner (sports complexes, arenas, et cetera)
  • Realtime translator for the deaf or hearing impaired (CART)
  • Web and/or Podcaster
  • Scopist (transcript editor)
  • Proofreader
  • Medical and/or Legal Transcriptionist
  • Cyber conferencing
  • Rapid data entry (healthcare and insurance industries)

Employment Opportunities
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How to reach us

Ms. Kelly Moranz
Program Manager
216-987-5214
kelly.moranz@tri-c.edu                                 

Captioning and Court Reporting Office
Western Campus, C-245A
11000 West Pleasant Valley Road
Parma, Ohio  44130

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Does your academic plan include earning a Bachelor Degree? Tri-C is a great place to start. View the list of partnerships we have with four year institutions. You can search by school or Tri-C major.   

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Special Report: A looming shortage of court reporters 

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