Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
The short answer
This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 175 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about half of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate nearly every task in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks.
AI could do much of this on its own
Proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words.
AI could do much of this on its own
Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements.
AI could do much of this on its own
Record symbols on computer storage media and use computer aided transcription to translate and display them as text.
AI could do much of this on its own
Take notes in shorthand or use a stenotype or shorthand machine that prints letters on a paper tape.
AI could do much of this on its own
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