Court Reporters vs. Digital Recording and Voice Recognition

Bit of an interesting inside perspective on an industry often said to soon be victim to AI/ML advances.

Not sure if the intent behind this is to placate current professionals or attract new ones, but in any case the author seems to mis-understand the current state of the art and appeal of this kind of research[1].

(1) https://speech-to-text-demo.ng.bluemix.net/

I was shocked by the line in the article that mentioned years, plural, of schooling to become a stenographer.

Apparently, although many states do not require a license to be a court reporter, if you want professional licensure, you need an associate's degree. As far as I can find, it's 60 credit-hours of legal jargon, "phonetic theory", and practice typing.

Two years of school in order to become a stenographer. Jeez.