How is the world dealing with these shortages? Not by getting rid of copilots and replacing them with artificial intelligence (scary thought, eh?), or by using robots to inject people with antibiotics.
The shortages of nurses and pilots are being taken care of by well-integrated scheduling.
When an attorney schedules a deposition, there is usually a conversation with the witness and other attorneys involved about their availability. Why not add the steno reporter to that conversation? “Madam Court Reporter, these are the three dates that we’re looking at for this deposition, do any of the dates work out better for you?”
Even a surprise subpoenaed witness can be coordinated with the reporter.
So easy. No need to add voice writers to the equation.
WAKE UP, NCRA!
FRANK N. SENSE
P.S. Please send this to as many NCRA voting members as you know so that they know to vote “NO!” to allowing voice writers into our association on July 24th.
P.P.S. Please make sure that NCRA has your information updated by July 15th (next week!). This vote is so important that if you know of past steno members that have quit NCRA, please tell them that it would be a great investment in the PROFESSION OF STENOGRAPHIC REPORTING to rejoin just to be able to have their NO! vote count in this election! They can be the vote that forces NCRA to focus on the needs of steno reporters!