Some see audio/video recording as a threat to the court reporter, but when courts try it, problems--transcript backlog, readback for juries, and even "gaps" where testimony is irrevocably lost--force them to turn back to court reporters.
Some have predicted that computer and voice recognition (VR) technology will replace the court reporter. It hasn't happened for a very good reason: VR must be "trained" to its user and will not "understand" unfamiliar speakers. Eventually reporters may use VR to edit transcripts, just as they now incorporate computer technology: Computer-aided transcription (CAT) makes real-time transcripts and captioning possible.
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