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Hi! I'm Linda Wilson.
As your instructor, I will begin by saying that I am a Certified Stenographic Court Reporter for many years and hold a Notary Public commission. My CCR certification is recognized by the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers as someone having the training and credentials to instruct students on how to properly create legal transcripts.
Although modest in talking about myself, just know that I have decades of experience creating transcripts of sworn testimony in criminal and civil matters, along with much teaching experience.
I am anxious to help you have an amazing and potentially lucrative career. Let's do this!
Welcome to our Academy!
OUR SCHOOL: Learn to Transcribe has passed rigorous accreditation standards of the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers and is an official AAERT approved school that provides top quality education.
We are also an official school approved by Stenograph to train MAXScribe software editors to produce top quality transcripts. MAXScribe training is a separate advanced training that is perfect for graduates of this legal transcription course.
In addition, we have an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau and numerous 5-star reviews online.
THIS COURSE: This online course was prepared by our expert staff of seasoned court reporters and legal transcriptionists who have many decades of experience and knowledge to share with you. The foundational course covers most everything you will encounter to produce transcripts for legal proceedings in the United States.
This is not a course for legal secretarial or paralegal work but, rather, how to properly create verbatim transcripts of depositions, hearings, courtroom trials, arbitrations, and other related proceedings involving sworn testimony.
🔍 What You’ll Get at a Glance
🎥 Try Before You Buy
Multiple preview lectures available below
⏱ Time to Complete
3–6 months (self-paced)
💼 Apprenticeship Referral
30-day (or 10 projects)
🌎 Eligibility
U.S. residents only
💰 Cost Recovery
Most students earn back tuition in just weeks
What's Needed?
Equipment Needed
Windows desktop or laptop, any brand.
Full-sized keyboard preferred.
External mouse, any kind.
Headphones. any kind.
Infinity foot pedal - needed when 1/2 way through course.
Software Used
Word Processor:
(Word, any version,
or CAT software)
Digital Audio Player:
(Explained in course)
Supplies Needed
Notepad & pen.
No books need to be bought for course.
If printing downloads:
Printer, any brand.
Printer paper (3-hole) 1 ream.
3-ring binder (2 or 3 inch).
What's Included in Course?
Online 24/7
How-to videos
Downloads
Punctuation
Formatting
Technology
Ethics
Confidentiality
Preferences
Recordkeeping
Introduction to scoping
Transcription practice
Depositions & trials
Accuracy emphasized
Speed exercises
Text expanders
Macros
Proofing
Microsoft Word
Quizzes
Practice Exam
Final Exam
Exam retake ($60)
Certificate of Completion
Marketing information
Paid apprenticeship referral
Invitation to graduate group
What to Expect?
Lectures
As you work your way through all of the lectures, you will have your turn for much transcription practice at your own pace.
Tests
Quizzes are provided along the way, with a final examination. Lectures are explained in easy-to-follow audios and videos.
How Long to Finish?
The average length of time to graduate from this course is approximately four months, depending on student since this varies greatly.
After I Graduate?
Some people want to establish a business and others desire a 30-day paid apprenticeship opportunity.
High Demand!
Having acquired the proper skills to transcribe litigation files means that our graduates are in high demand.
Where Would I Work?
Work is performed in your home via the internet as a remote independent contractor, either part time or full time.
Real Training. Real Results.
Apprenticeship Success Stories
Shannon from Florida says going through our training is the best thing she's ever done with her life. Shannon went from zero transcription experience to an in-demand legal transcriptionist after completing our training!
Rhonda from Pennsylvania says our training is "Well worth the money; well worth the time you're going to put into it. You're going to learn a lot." Rhonda's career transitioned from librarian to legal transcriptionist in a short time!
Curriculum
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- Lecture 1: Introduction (2:34)
- Read or Listen First
- Mac Computer
- Confidentiality
- Personal Study Guide
- Social Media
- Clear Cache
- Lecture 2: General Transcription Overview
- Lecture 3: Medical Transcription Overview
- Lecture 4: Law Enforcement Transcription Overview
- Lecture 5: Legal Transcription Overview
- Lecture 6: Basic Setup
- Lecture 7: Hardware and Software Required
- Lecture 8: Know Your Computer
- Lecture 9: Typing Skills
- Lecture 10: Change Background Colors (10:13)
- Quiz
- Lecture 1: Overview
- Lecture 2: Computer Organization
- Lecture 3: How to Organize Files (10:25)
- Lecture 4: The Cloud and Storage
- Lecture 5: Dropbox (11:46)
- Lecture 6: Moving and Sharing (4:08)
- Lecture 7: Google Drive (5:47)
- Lecture 8: OneDrive (7:55)
- Lecture 9: SendThisFile (3:34)
- Lecture 10: Using Box (6:34)
- Lecture 11: Add Computer Space (2:13)
- Lecture 12: Temporary Files (2:42)
- Lecture 13: Recycle Bin (1:24)
- Quiz
- Lecture 1: Text Files
- Lecture 2: Creating ASCII, RTF, PDF
- Lecture 3: Converting Files
- Lecture 3A: Converting MP4 to MP3 or WAV (8:17)
- Lecture 3B: Converting Files With No Download Button (8:01)
- Lecture 4: Encryption
- :Lecture 5: Zipping and Unzipping
- Lecture 6: Sending Files
- Lecture 7: Receiving Files
- Lecture 8: Free vs. Trial Software
- Lecture 9: Screenshots
- Lecture 10: Snipping Files
- Quiz
- Lecture 1: Microsoft Word (18:27)
- Lecture 2: File Tab (7:02)
- Lecture 3: Home Tab (7:48)
- Lecture 4: Styles (6:22)
- Lecture 5: Insert Tab (9:12)
- Lecture 6: Design Tab (6:50)
- Lecture 7: Layout Tab (8:36)
- Lecture 8: Remove Line Numbers (4:42)
- Lecture 9: References Tab (5:01)
- Lecture 10: Review Tab (5:15)
- Lecture 11: View Tab (1:53)
- Lecture 12: View Features (5:58)
- Lecture 13: Quick Access Toolbar (5:14)
- Lecture 14: Caption and Appearances Pages
- Lecture 15: Caption With Fillable Fields (1:10)
- Lecture 16: Caption With Floating Line Numbers (10:00)
- Lecture 17: Caption With Fixed Line Numbers (9:20)
- Lecture 18: Index Page (7:06)
- Lecture 19: Headers, Footers, and Page Numbers (13:46)
- Lecture 20: Create Headers (8:03)
- Lecture 21: Smart Quotes (5:39)
- Lecture 22: Templates
- Lecture 23: Annotations (1:46)
- Lecture 24: Digital Signature (11:58)
- Lecture 25: Shortcuts
- Lecture 26: Keyboard Shortcuts (10:24)
- Lecture 27: Word Symbols (8:45)
- Lecture 28: Spellchecker (4:51)
- Lecture 29: Spellcheck Wrong Words (2:44)
- Lecture 30: Widow/Orphan Keep Line Numbers in Word (4:18)
- Lecture 30A: Set Widow/Orphan (2:16)
- Lecture 31: Single and Double Spacing (2:59)
- Lecture 32: Single and Double Spacing Fixed Lines (6:51)
- Lecture 33: Save Options (3:31)
- Lecture 34: Word Tips (2:57)
- Lecture 1: Creating Macros (1:14)
- Lecture 1A: 365 Change (1:34)
- Lecture 2: Macro Overview (3:17)
- Lecture 3: Q/A Keyboard Macros (9:22)
- Lecture 3A: Q/A Always at Left Margin (4:41)
- Lecture 4: Q/A Button Macros (7:46)
- Lecture 5: Keep Together Macro (6:08)
- Lecture 6: No Split Dash Macro (5:52)
- Lecture 7: Exhibit Keyboard Macro (5:17)
- Lecture 8: Exhibit Button Macro (4:29)
- Lecture 9: Insert Dash Macro (2:17)
- Lecture 10: Macros Tips (10:03)
- Lecture 11: Organize Macros (12:08)
- Lecture 12: Other Ways to Make Shortcuts (8:19)
- Lecture 13: Shortcuts for Sworn Blurb (16:42)
- Lecture 14: Cap Next Macro (13:39)
- Lecture 1: Overview
- Lecture 2: Transcription Timesavers
- Lecture 3: Misspelled Words (2:44)
- Lecture 4: Keep Hyphenated Word Together (0:48)
- Lecture 4A - Keep Hyphenated Word Together Another Way
- Lecture 5: Customize Keyboard (5:42)
- Lecture 6: Speedbuilding - Q/A
- Lecture 7: Speedbuilding - Colloquy
- Lecture 8: Gain Typing Speed (8:42)
- Quiz
- What is Scoping?
- Scoping Demo (4:35)
- Concordances (10:26)
- Condensed Transcripts (7:35)
- Shorthand (4:59)
- Log Notes
- Case Citations (5:43)
- Working With Accents - South African (8:36)
- Working with Accents - Venezuelan (5:38)
- Working with Accents - Cajun (6:18)
- Working with Accents - New York (4:46)
- Quiz
- Lecture 1: Overview
- Lecture 2: Test Your Punctuation
- Lecture 3: Test Your Vocabulary
- Lecture 4: Test Your Spelling
- Lecture 5: Test Your Grammar
- Lecture 6: Commas (5:55)
- Lecture 6A: FANBOYS (9:40)
- Quiz - FANBOYS
- Lecture 7: Oxford Comma
- Quiz - Oxford (serial) comma
- Lecture 8: Colons
- Lecture 8A: List With Colon or Not (16:34)
- Lecture 9: Semicolons
- Lecture 10: Quotes and Italics
- Lecture 11: Continuous Quoting
- Quiz - Quotes
- Lecture 12: Hyphens and Dashes
- Lecture 13: Parentheses
- Lecture 14: Appositives
- Lecture 15: Ellipsis
- Lecture 16: Brackets
- Lecture 17: Plurals and Apostrophes
- Lecture 18: Yes/No Answers
- Lecture 19: Run-on Sentences
- Lecture 20: Paragraphing
- Lecture 21: Capitalization
- Lecture 22: Prefixes and Suffixes
- Lecture 22A: Medical Prefixes and Suffixes (7:57)
- Quiz - Medical Prefixes and Suffixes
- Lecture 23: Verb Phrases
- Lecture 24: Numbers and Miscellaneous
- Lecture 24A: Slash/Slant
- Lecture 25: Correcting Themselves (2:32)
- Lecture 26: i.e. and e.g.
- Punctuation Groups
- Quiz - And But So
- Quiz - Blurbs
- Quiz - Parentheticals
- Quiz - Introductory Clauses
- Section Quiz
- Some Punctuation Reinforcement (10:22)
- More Punctuation Reinforcement (7:49)
- Mishears Reinforcement (3:47)
- Caption, Appearances, Index
- Lecture 1: What is a Deposition?
- Lecture 2: Depo Organization
- Lecture 3: Sample Pages
- Lecture 4: Layouts
- Lecture 5: Verbatim
- Lecture 6: Exhibits
- Lecture 7: Objection!
- Lecture 8: Stipulations
- Lecture 9: What is a Byline?
- Lecture 10: Hypothetically Speaking
- Lecture 11: Off the Record
- Lecture 12: Recesses and Breaks
- Deposition Setup
- Deposition Demo (18:07)
- Lecture 13: I'm a Party (6:16)
- Lecture 14: Just the Facts, Ma'am!
- Lecture 15: I'm an Expert
- Lecture 16: I'm Not Available
- Lecture 17: PMK
- Lecture 18: Interpreted
- Lecture 19: Quiz
- Lecture 20: Templates
- Lecture 21: Plead the Fifth
- Lecture 22: Videographer
- Overview Colloquy
- Overview Bylines
- Caption, Appearances, Table of Contents
- Lecture 1: The Courts
- Lecture 2: Just a Glimpse
- Lecture 3: Hearings and Trials
- Lecture 4: Jury Trials
- Lecture 5: Parts of the Transcript
- Lecture 6: State Court
- Lecture 7: Federal Court
- Lecture 8: Arbitration
- Lecture 9: Grand Jury
- Lecture 10: More Things to Know
- Lecture 11: Exhibits
- Lecture 12: Regarding Witnesses
- Lecture 13: Stages of a Criminal Case
- Lecture 14: Sample Setup
- Lecture 15: Client Sample Transcript (7:48)
- Templates
- Quiz
Course is fully online, self-paced, and accessible immediately upon enrollment.
Pricing Information
Not refundable: Sorry, but since this is consumable digital education and all content is immediately accessible, per our Terms of Use Agreement, course fees are not refundable, and we are unable to honor chargebacks. Payments are automated once enrolled. Unfortunately, this course cannot be discontinued for buyer's remorse, change in circumstances, etc. Please note that enrollment is a binding contractual agreement to pay all tuition fees in full. We do want you to be satisfied with your purchase, and we offer sample lectures so you can be sure before enrolling.
Sales tax: Mandatory sales tax, if applicable, added to payments and remitted by payment processor.
U.S. currency: Fees are in U.S. dollars.
Pay plans? Check for current availability. All fees must be paid in full before advancing to practice files.
Ongoing payments: Every 30 days, with 3 more attempts over 14 days. If card declines, student receives email. After final attempt, student is unenrolled and forfeits all payments.
Early payout: Early payout is allowed. Contact [email protected].
Re-enrollment: Nonrefundable reinstatement fee may be required along with paying full balance due. Doing so automatically returns student to where they left off in the course.
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