Workplace accommodations
for court reporters and simultaneous captioners
If a disability affects how you do this job, accommodations can help. Below are the functional areas this role tends to draw on — each links to specific, cited accommodations.
Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. Includes stenocaptioners who operate computerized stenographic captioning equipment to provide captions of…
Seeing, hearing & speech
Vision Impairment
e.g. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Systems - Scan, Qualified Reader, Screen Reading Software and Training — see all ›
Vision Loss
e.g. Cubicle Doors, Shields, and Shades, Full Spectrum or Natural Lighting Products, Alternative Lighting — see all ›
Thinking, memory & communication
Hand use & coordination
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