Court Reporter Hats

Court reporting has its own language: writers, strokes, briefs, dictionaries, and readbacks. These hats put that vocabulary in the wearer's voice, from the plain COURT REPORTER and STENOGRAPHER badges to a dictionary that translates its owner into English. Ohio court reporters describe personalized electronic dictionaries, one-stroke briefs, and case-specific job dictionaries. That makes I WRITE MY OWN BRIEFS a shorthand joke with a second meaning, and the dictionary line an affectionate reversal of a real tool. The speed joke has a precise reference. NCRA's Registered Professional Reporter skills tests include literary dictation at 180 words per minute, jury charge at 200, and testimony/Q&A at 225, each at 95 percent accuracy. STENO: 225 WPM / FEELINGS: 2 WPM gives the feelings a much slower clock. It speaks to machine stenographers; voice writers capture proceedings with their voices, as NVRA explains. NOTHING I HEAR IS OFF THE RECORD is comic exaggeration. NCRA's ethics guidance recognizes agreed off-record periods. I HEAR IN PUNCTUATION takes the obsession somewhere more personal, while MADAM COURT REPORTER wears the title proudly. Choose a professional badge or a steno bit, with second colorways for the speed comparison and the briefs pun.