Court reporting agencies offer many additional court reporting services besides court reporting and video depositions.
One of the more recent court reporting service offered is scanning of exhibits. Court reporting firms have always copied, bound and tabbed exhibits. Now court reporting firms are offering additional services concerning exhibits marked during a deposition.
When a court reporting company scans an exhibit, the exhibit is put into a digital format. Once the exhibits are digitized, this will enable us to link the exhibit to the transcript. So when the exhibit is mentioned, it has become a live link which will lead you directly to the exhibit which is being referenced. This is called linking the exhibits to a transcript.
Another option for exhibits once they are scanned is to put them in a searchable format so you can search words within the exhibits.
A scanned exhibit can be as simple as just images of the pages of the exhibits.
Normally, an attorney will tell you whether they want their exhibits scanned and if so whether they require linking, seachable or just images.
The furnishing of exhibits in these various formats is a service most court reporting firms are now capable of offering.