FEATURED COURSE:

$595

 

 

You will learn general formatting guidelines. Federal (AAERT) formatting is not covered in this course. If you wish to sit for the AAERT exam, please check out our Legal Transcription (CET Prep) course.

This curriculum pack includes five courses:

• English, Grammar, and Punctuation
• Ethics for the Transcriptionist
• Transcription Basics
• Deposition Transcript Fundamentals
• ASR Mastery: Scoping & Proofing

Students will learn to format, transcribe, edit, and proofread legal transcripts for correct grammar, punctuation, and word usage. They will also learn essential legal and industry terminology. Additionally, they will learn to work within customer-driven specifications, such as a style guide and a template. In addition to exercises, quizzes, and self-graded assignments, students will receive personalized feedback on instructor-graded transcription assignments.

This course demonstrates how ASR can increase a transcriptionist’s productivity. Students will learn how to navigate and overcome the challenges of scoping ASR-produced first drafts.

Equipment Requirements:

• Infinity USB Foot Pedal, headphones, and the free version of Express Scribe software.
• MS Word (Microsoft Word 2016, 2019, and Office 365) or CAT software. (We do not offer support for CAT software.)
• PC-based computer with Windows 8.1 or better. (Most software companies in this industry are PC-friendly. You can use a Mac in this course, but we do not support Mac-specific questions.)

Course Access: 180 days

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English, Grammar, and Punctuation Course

• Parts of speech
• General spelling rules
• Confusing words
• Capitalization
• Formatting
• Punctuation 

Ethics for the Transcriptionist

• A brief overview of ethical and confidentiality requirements

Transcription Basics Course

• Introduction
• General Formatting (not federal)
• Transcription Skills
• MS Word for Transcription
• Text Expansion
• Proofreading Skills
• Instructor-Graded Transcription Assignments 

Course Fee: $595

 

Deposition Transcript Fundamentals

• Introduction
• Legal Processes, Proceedings, & Participants
• Title, Appearance, Index, Certificate Pages
• Formatting (not federal)
• Transcript Production

ASR Mastery: Scoping & Proofing

• Intro to ASR
• ASR & Scoping
• Scoping ASR Conclusion
• Assignments & Style Guide

BlueLedge is an AAERT approved training center, preparing students for national certification in digital court reporting and legal transcription. 

There is a growing demand for court reporters and transcribers in the court systems as well as by private firms across the United Stated and the world. The nature of the court reporting and transcribing industry is that you truly can work anywhere, as there are always needs.

Court reporters should be customer service focused, organized, capable of conducting different work in a variety of environments with people from a diverse background and capable of utilizing the legal knowledge gained through BlueLedge.

BlueLedge has passed a rigorous evaluation process by the nationally recognized governing association for digital/electronic reporters and legal transcribers to ensure the highest quality education for our students.

Legal transcriptionists should be detail oriented, have a firm grasp of the English language, organized, capable of sitting in front of a computer for long periods of time while listening to audio with the legal knowledge gained through our training courses.