How to become a verbatim reporter
Official title: Verbatim reporter
Also called: Court reporter, Shorthand verbatim reporter, Court reporter, Shorthand verbatim reporter
Verbatim reporter makes verbatim records of proceedings by shorthand writing or using a shorthand-writing machine. He/she attends meetings, lectures, courts of law and other proceedings and makes verbatim records in rapid shorthand. He/she dictates shorthand notes to typist or into dictating machines or passes notes to typist for transcription. He/she may also perform typing duties.
Main tasks
- Checking, formatting and transcribing correspondence, minutes and reports from dictation, electronic documents or written drafts to conform to office standards, using typewriter, personal computer or other word processing equipment
- Using various computer software packages including spreadsheets to provide administrative support
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Will AI change the work of a verbatim reporter?
Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026