Hey all! I'm very happy to announce the launch of my new website, www.StenoWatchdog.com! After years of hearing students, scopists and reporters ask, "Has...
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afinalword2000
Oct 10, 2007 4:50 pm
This guy is talking about trifocal glasses and he says he has tri's, so that's how I wrote it. Tris doesn't look right and may be read wrong. How would you...
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Kathleen Iuzzolino
kathleeniuzz...
Oct 10, 2007 4:57 pm
I'd do tri's. Kathleen...
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afinalword2000
Oct 10, 2007 4:59 pm
Thanks, Kathleen! :) Alicia S. Contic - Legal Scopist, Proofreader, Paralegal d/b/a The Final Word AFinalWord@... 724.832.0800 (business/fax) ...
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ruthsscoping
Oct 10, 2007 5:40 pm
I think I would do tri's. Ruth...
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afinalword2000
Oct 10, 2007 6:05 pm
Thanks, Ruth. That's how I've done it. I think it looks best that way, primarily for reading. :) Alicia S. Contic - Legal Scopist, Proofreader, Paralegal ...
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Linda Gauthier
lnd_gthr
Oct 11, 2007 1:30 am
/SHRAOT /HRAE. Tri's works best. Sorry to be so late in responding. I'm buried here. Maybe I need tri's also. Tee-hee This guy is talking about trifocal...
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afinalword2000
Oct 11, 2007 1:03 pm
LOL Good one, Linda. Everyone else was helpful, so I left it as I had written it and sent it out. Thanks for your input! Alicia - Legal Scopist, Proofreader,...
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raisingmore
Oct 12, 2007 4:53 pm
Greetings!! Hope everyone is doing well and keeping busy. One of my reporters is telling me that when she receives my completed transcript, some (not all) of...
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raisingmore
Oct 12, 2007 6:07 pm
I am so sorry for not stating the CAT system -- I'm on CC4 8.04. My brain is addled from a 200-page video deposition...lol Regards, Cheryl ... wrote: ....
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Al
myscopist
Oct 12, 2007 6:28 pm
Are you going to Special Edit and then Resolve All Chosen Conflicts? Al _____ From: ScopingBuddies@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ScopingBuddies@yahoogroups.com] On...
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raisingmore
Oct 12, 2007 6:49 pm
Hi Al, Uh, no. Should I be? Is it going to be this simple? Cheryl...
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Al
myscopist
Oct 12, 2007 6:52 pm
LOL. Most things in life are. :-) But seriously, I think that will “resolve” your problem for you. Al _____ From: ScopingBuddies@yahoogroups.com...
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Joyce Sasser
joycesasser
Oct 13, 2007 8:38 pm
... Cheryl, after you choose the correct conflict, are you then saving the job again? Maybe that's what's happening in your case. HTH. JoyceA. ...
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tizawiza77
Oct 15, 2007 4:53 pm
Hello group, I've got a question for y'all.? Back in May of '98, I started scoping.? For any CR that I've worked for over the years, they have ALWAYS plugged...
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Dena Jo
DenaJo2
Oct 15, 2007 4:57 pm
You're not being unreasonable. All my reporters define their speakers. - DJ ... Always remember: Today's mighty oak is simply yesterday's nut that held its...
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tizawiza77
Oct 15, 2007 5:00 pm
Thanks, Dena.? That's what I thought too. Susie ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've...
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maryscopes@...
maryscopes
Oct 15, 2007 5:15 pm
It is, and it is also dangerous because you might get the wrong speaker. This is something that I never change, but if I don't think it's right, I will put a...
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afinalword2000
Oct 15, 2007 5:16 pm
I don't think it's unreasonable for you to charge more. It's an honest request that deserves being addressed on her end. It's sounds like laziness to me....
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Faye Bryant, Scopist
rfb_tennessee
Oct 15, 2007 5:23 pm
Susie, It's not just laziness, she's taking advantage of you and putting her cert on the line. What if you get it wrong? Will she then somehow lay the blame at...
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tizawiza77
Oct 15, 2007 5:25 pm
Hi, Alicia: I didn't think that I was being picky about it.? One job that I had from her about a month ago didn't have one attorney defined at all.? Period!?...
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afinalword2000
Oct 15, 2007 5:33 pm
Well, like the others stated, when it comes to the speakers you don't know, you have no choice but to leave it as she has it and flag it for her to fix it....
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tizawiza77
Oct 15, 2007 5:38 pm
Usually to define an attorney throughout the transcript is no big deal, but when she ever does have a designation, such as SPEAKER01 or STPHAO, whatever, they...
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Faye Bryant, Scopist
rfb_tennessee
Oct 15, 2007 5:46 pm
The thing is, though, it's a big deal. That is her duty, not yours. It's her name that goes on the certification page, not yours. You have been helpful beyond...
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AngieR
young4everac
Oct 15, 2007 5:55 pm
Susie, I have a reporter that usually does it, but sometimes she doesn't. What I do is the first time I see a new speaker, I simply mark it for her and put a...
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Sheena Stobaugh
scopist247
Oct 15, 2007 6:01 pm
This happens to me a lot where the reporter will tell me that SNAO is Mr.
Wilson and SKRAO is Ms. Smith, etc. Then it's up to me to define those
speakers...
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tizawiza77
Oct 15, 2007 6:14 pm
Hi, Sheena: Yeah, that's what I'm talking about where they are opposite throughout the transcript like you define one at the beginning as MR. SMITH, but later...
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Sheena Stobaugh
scopist247
Oct 15, 2007 6:19 pm
Oh, that sounds like a complete mess. I'd just tell her that I scoped the
text, but she'll have to figure out who the speakers are, especially if she
changed...
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tizawiza77
Oct 15, 2007 6:33 pm
Oh, Sheena, it's a mess all right.? Maybe I'm not in the mood to do this today.? I know an excellent CR who lost her job over getting the wrong speakers in.?...
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Linda Gauthier
lnd_gthr
Oct 15, 2007 6:41 pm
No, you are not being unreasonable. Linda ... From: ScopingBuddies@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ScopingBuddies@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of LetsScope@... Sent:...
