https://depostack.com/blog/ Field Notes for court reporters and agencies on per-page rates, pay, CAT software, realtime, and agency technology, with dated sources and first-hand lessons. en-us Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://depostack.com/blog/art-of-the-transcript/ https://depostack.com/blog/art-of-the-transcript/ How scopists, proofreaders, and reporters work a US deposition or court transcript: the passes, the research, the hard cases, and who certifies the record. Transcripts Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://depostack.com/blog/court-reporting-setups-by-job/ https://depostack.com/blog/court-reporting-setups-by-job/ Setups for stenographic, voice-writing, and digital reporters, job by job: capture, audio, realtime, power, security, and the rules that limit each method. Equipment Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://depostack.com/blog/state-of-deposition-video-sync-2026/ https://depostack.com/blog/state-of-deposition-video-sync-2026/ Where synced deposition video stands in 2026: what the rules require, how sync is made and moved, how designations become clips, and where review belongs. Legal video Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://depostack.com/blog/state-of-exhibit-marking-2026/ https://depostack.com/blog/state-of-exhibit-marking-2026/ Where exhibit marking stands in 2026: paper stickers, PDF stamps, numbering set by court order, remote exhibits, and checks before a stamp joins the record. Exhibits Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://depostack.com/blog/state-of-transcript-review-2026/ https://depostack.com/blog/state-of-transcript-review-2026/ Where transcript review stands in 2026: scopists, rough drafts, audio sync, NCRA's new AI guidance, digital reporting rules, and who certifies the record. Transcripts Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://depostack.com/blog/eclipse-vs-case-catalyst/ https://depostack.com/blog/eclipse-vs-case-catalyst/ Eclipse and Case CATalyst compared for 2026, from primary sources: license prices, operating-system requirements, interchange, support, and workflow fit. CAT software Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://depostack.com/blog/running-technology-court-reporting-firm/ https://depostack.com/blog/running-technology-court-reporting-firm/ First-person lessons from modernizing a 45-year-old court reporting firm: what breaks in the field, what reporters ask for, and how to keep their trust. Firm technology Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://depostack.com/blog/why-court-reporting-software-hasnt-changed/ https://depostack.com/blog/why-court-reporting-software-hasnt-changed/ Why established CAT workflows change slowly, what continuity protects, where friction remains, and how to weigh the real cost of a reporter's software. CAT software Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://depostack.com/blog/realtime-court-reporting/ https://depostack.com/blog/realtime-court-reporting/ Realtime court reporting in 2026: writer and connection setup, courtroom wired feeds, dictionary prep, CART vs. deposition realtime, and the CRR exam. Realtime Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://depostack.com/blog/court-reporter-salary/ https://depostack.com/blog/court-reporter-salary/ Court reporter pay in 2026: the $72,420 BLS median (May 2025), how freelance, official, and CART pay differ, and how to model freelance income. Pay Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://depostack.com/blog/switching-cat-software/ https://depostack.com/blog/switching-cat-software/ Switching CAT software? How to export your dictionary and briefs, keep your job formats, and migrate without losing work or missing a deadline. CAT software Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://depostack.com/blog/what-is-cat-software/ https://depostack.com/blog/what-is-cat-software/ What CAT software does: how steno strokes become text, what your dictionary does, which programs reporters use, and what to look for in 2026. CAT software Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://depostack.com/blog/per-page-rates/ https://depostack.com/blog/per-page-rates/ How court reporter per-page rates work, with federal court maximums as one example: originals, copies, delivery tiers, realtime, and what quotes leave out. Rates Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT