Lawson Scoping Services
Require editing with full audio
Clean-up lawyers (omit stutters, partial words, and false starts of 3 words or less)
Leave in "strike that"
New paragraph after "strike that"
Semicolon before "is that correct"
Semicolon before "do you recall"
Comma before "correct"
Space before and after double dashes
Caps after dashes
Ellipses when trailing off
Double dashes when trailing off
"Keep together" function on Mr., Mrs., Ms., No., Dates, etc.
Slashes between dates (09/08/2024)
Dashes between dates (09-08-2024)
(indicating) when witness points
Direct quotation marks
Quotations when reading
Indirect quotation marks (person speaking for another)
Caps: Page 1, Line 1, Paragraph 1, Section 1, etc.
Yes
No
A.M. / P.M.
a.m. / p.m.
THE COURT REPORTER:
COURT REPORTER:
MADAM COURT REPORTER:
Other (please specify in box below).
Yes eg. – He had biscuits, tea, and fruit.
No eg. – He had biscuits, tea and fruit.
Follow grammar rules. eg. – Q. One hundred sixty-seven?
Keep it readable. eg. – A. 167.
Use best discernment.
Write as December 5th, 2020
Write as December 5, 2020
Doesn't matter
5 o'clock
5:00
No eg. – Gotcha/ gonna/ ya'll
Yes eg. – Got you/ going to/ you all
Use your best discernment.
No eg. – Uh-huh/Uh-uh
Yes eg. – Mhm/Uh-huh = Yes Uh-uh = No
J-A-N-E
J-a-n-e
Objection, leading.
Objection. Leading.
Objection; leading.
(inaudible)
Add scanstop ^ inaudible for you to check.
Other. (Please specify in the box below).
Add scanstop ^ CK for you to check.
Add scanstop ^ name? (etc.) for you to check.
Use hidden text.
