| In this new age of telecommuting, and with the revival | | | | been scoped and proofread they are finalized, printed, |
| of the stay at home mom, more and more people are | | | | and then become official court documents. |
| searching to find work from home professions that will | | | | Scopists can earn a lot of money if they are proficient, |
| make them enough money to sustain a household | | | | professional, and can find the right scopist-reporter |
| income. In this article we will explore the work-at-home | | | | relationship. Some scopists earn more than the |
| profession of scoping. | | | | average paralegal or legal secretary, all from the |
| What is a scopist? The leading scopist and court | | | | comfort of their own home. |
| reporter directory, Scoping Central, defines scopists as | | | | You may be wondering how to enter the field of |
| those who "edit the imperfect transcripts created by | | | | scoping, or how scopists are able to find work. There |
| court reporters from their stenographic notes." In more | | | | are several websites dedicated to helping people gain |
| basic terms, scopists work for court reporters and | | | | the knowledge, training, and materials required to |
| their responsibility is to take their rough drafts of the | | | | become a successful scopist and to find work. For |
| notes taken by the court reporter at a legal | | | | example at court reporters can join the discreet query |
| proceeding, translate it into the form of an editable | | | | system to send private emails to scopists looking for |
| electronic document, and through a computer program | | | | work. At both scopists and court reporters can |
| to clean up the spelling, punctuation, grammatical errors | | | | register a free account, build their own web page, list in |
| and formatting so that the final transcripts look more | | | | the searchable database as accepting or offering |
| perfect. | | | | work {or booked up once they find a job) and post job |
| Once the scopist has done their job, the next step is | | | | opportunities on the private job board only viewable to |
| the transcript is re-read for final proofing either by | | | | members. These sites also offer helpful articles to get |
| another hired individual called a proofreader, or by the | | | | you started, salary averages, and links to schools and |
| court reporters themselves. Once the transcripts have | | | | other information about scopists. |