The Job That AI Was Supposed to Kill Needs More Humans Than Ever
Court reporters outmatch the technology in skill, but the profession faces another crisis: a shortage of workers
Three years into training to be a court reporter, Jayne Williams is used to warnings that AI will soon take over her budding career.
Few roles look more ripe for extinction at first glance. Automated transcription services are proliferating—and rapidly improving in accuracy. And more courtrooms are turning to real-time speech-to-text tools, often to fill in when a human stenographer isn’t available.
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