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    About quality in professional reporting and transcription
    By Editors
    In Issue 1/2021
    Posted May 29, 2021

    About quality in professional reporting and transcription

    In our daily and professional life, the word “quality” is often used as a synonym for “excellence” or “high standard”. If the word “quality” is used to define a job, it usually means that this [...]

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    House of Lords Hansard: our lockdown journey
    By Editors
    In Issue 1/2021
    Posted May 29, 2021

    House of Lords Hansard: our lockdown journey

    I am writing this from a desk in my bedroom while the House of Lords sits as a hybrid debating Chamber ­ some Members physically present, most contributing remotely via Zoom. Over a year into our [...]

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    Switching to remote work overnight: parliamentary reporting in Finland during the pandemic
    By Editors
    In Issue 1/2021
    Posted May 29, 2021

    Switching to remote work overnight: parliamentary reporting in Finland during the pandemic

    On 12 March 2020, the Finnish Government declared a national state of emergency and adopted crisis legislation. The Parliament also deployed many restrictions and preventive measures. No more [...]

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    Remote Freelance Real-Time Stenography in the 2020s
    By Editors
    In Issue 1/2021
    Posted May 29, 2021

    Remote Freelance Real-Time Stenography in the 2020s

    That was then… A typical day in the life of a freelance real-time stenographer, whether working locally or internationally, used to be: do your prep for the upcoming assignment. Book flights, [...]

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    Captioning Software using Automatic Speech Recognition for Online Lectures
    By Editors
    In Issue 1/2021
    Posted May 29, 2021

    Captioning Software using Automatic Speech Recognition for Online Lectures

    Introduction As the live streaming and video sharing of events such as lectures and meetings becomes commonplace, the demand for captioning is ever increasing. In this context, our group in the [...]

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    Towards a Digital Shorthand Library
    By Editors
    In Issue 1/2021
    Posted May 29, 2021

    Towards a Digital Shorthand Library

    Introduction Every shorthand scientist dreams of a library comprising each and every shorthand paper published on this planet. A clear step towards this shorthand paradise is building a digital [...]

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    Postgraduate diploma in parliamentary reporting in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
    By Editors
    In Issue 1/2021
    Posted May 29, 2021

    Postgraduate diploma in parliamentary reporting in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom

    The Official Report, also known as Hansard, in the House of Commons has built up its training course for new reporters over many years, evolving practice and elements in the light of experience. [...]

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    How misconceptions about transcription affect the criminal justice system
    By Editors
    In Issue 1/2021
    Posted May 29, 2021

    How misconceptions about transcription affect the criminal justice system

    Introducing forensic transcription In this article, I introduce a form of transcription that may be unfamiliar to Tiro readers: transcription of forensic audio. Forensic audio is spoken language [...]

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    Improving the quality of parliamentary reporting: from peer review to ensuring customer satisfaction
    By Editors
    In Issue 1/2021
    Posted May 29, 2021

    Improving the quality of parliamentary reporting: from peer review to ensuring customer satisfaction

    Citizen as Customer If you buy a Creuset cast iron pan, you buy high quality. Such a pan has been checked no less than 30 times during the production process, the manufacturer claims. After every [...]

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    Between Two Worlds
    By Editors
    In Issue 1/2021
    Posted May 29, 2021

    Between Two Worlds

    The field of professional reporting and transcription is diverse and multi-faceted. The techniques used range from classic pen shorthand to different types of machine stenography and automatic [...]

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