South Carolina Court Reporter’s Association

by Ed Varallo | News

Watch Ed’s one-hour synopsis of the tips and techniques detailed in Ed’s Steno Pro and learn how you can create briefs you’ll actually remember. That’s huge! Because armed with useful briefs, you can write cleanly, without fatigue. Unleash the realtime superstar in...

For they are jolly-good fellows

by Ed Varallo | News

He’s a six-time NCRA speed champ; she’s a past NCRA president and the current Executive Director of Project Steno. He’s an RMR; she’s an RDR. They’re both CRRs, Fellows in the Academy of Professional Reporters, and recipients of the coveted NCRA Distinguished Service...

The Careers of Court Reporting & Captioning

by Ed Varallo | Tips and Techniques

This video of a five-minute interview with Nancy and Ed Varallo aired in 2017 on a local Massachusetts TV program, MassAppeal.  Ed and Nancy were there promoting Project Steno — and this is a fine synopsis of what “the best career you’ve never heard of” has to...

Writing Law Firm Names Made Easy

by Ed Varallo | Tips and Techniques

To write law firm names (say, at the beginning of a video depo), I tweak the repeated-stroke technique we’re all familiar with. (See Ed’s Steno Pro, pp37 and 38.) A firm name like Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, you’ll usually only hear the first two...

How to Pass a Test in Spite of Your Nerves

by Ed Varallo | Tips and Techniques

Everyone is nervous on test day.  You can’t banish nervousness.  The trick is to write well despite being nervous — and you can do that!  Let six-time National Speed Contest Champion Ed Varallo (no stranger to test day nerves!) describe for you the several simple,...