Rosalin Waagan

Services

Court reporting

Verbatim reporting of depositions, hearings, examinations under oath, arbitrations, and recorded statements, on-site or by videoconference. Realtime voice writing produces a clean record without the delay of post-proceeding drafting.

Live captioning (CART)

Communication Access Realtime Translation for legal proceedings, meetings, conferences, and educational settings — live text delivered as the speaker talks, for deaf and hard-of-hearing participants or anyone who needs the spoken word in writing.

Legal transcription

Transcription of recorded proceedings, interviews, and audio evidence, prepared to jurisdictional formatting requirements and delivered with a word index.

Deliverables

• Certified transcript in PDF, with word index
• ASCII or plain-text file for litigation support software
• Marked exhibits in PDF
• Rough drafts and realtime feeds on request

How engagements work

Work comes through court reporting and litigation support agencies, law firms booking directly, and professional referrals. Assignments are scheduled in advance; rush and expedited delivery are available.

Billing is per job. Transcripts are charged at a per-page rate that varies by turnaround and jurisdiction; appearance time is charged hourly. An invoice accompanies each completed job, and agency work is invoiced through the agency's own turn-in system.

Credentials and coverage

• Certified Verbatim Reporter (CVR), National Verbatim Reporters Association. The CVR skills examination is three legs at 95 percent accuracy: literary at 180 words per minute, jury charge at 200, and testimony at 225. I am certified to take live testimony at up to 225 words per minute.
• Individually licensed and registered in Washington, Utah, and Oregon
• Based in Pensacola, Florida — available on-site regionally and remotely nationwide
• Available for work outside the United States, including international arbitrations and remote proceedings across time zones

Where voice writers can work, and what that means for booking me

Voice writers work in 46 states, per the National Verbatim Reporters Association's map of voice writers working in the United States. Of those, NVRA separately lists 37 states and the District of Columbia where voice writers may practice in the state court systems. Voice writers also work in the federal judicial system nationwide, the military court system internationally, and the U.S. Congress, and serve as CART providers and captioners nationwide.

That gap between the two numbers is the part worth understanding before you book. Not every state lets me work for the court system directly. Some permit voice writers only to partner with law firms and take freelance assignments. Others require additional state certification on top of the CVR. You are responsible for knowing the requirements in your jurisdiction. Ask me and I will tell you exactly where I stand in yours before we schedule anything.

Recall, take-down, and accessibility

I am a legally blind reporter, and it has made me a better one. Working without reliable visual reference has built the two things a verbatim record actually depends on: sustained recall across a long proceeding, and take-down ability that holds accuracy at speed. I track speakers, crosstalk, and terminology by ear, which is where the record is made in the first place.

I am also an accessibility specialist. Captioning and transcript deliverables are produced to be usable with screen readers and assistive technology as a matter of course, not as an accommodation added afterward. If you need a transcript in a particular accessible format, ask — it is very likely already part of how I work.

Contact

For scheduling, rate sheets, or availability, email is the fastest route.