What Do the Letters Mean?

The National Court Reporters Association and the National Verbatim Reporters Association have certification examinations that test practitioners of the reporting trade. Below is a list of acronyms and their explanations. Tori has earned each of the described certifications/awards. Each of the certification skills examinations requires the candidate to transcribe the complete examination from their own notes (steno or voice) in a set amount of time. There is no audio backup allowed to aid in transcription. These tests are meant to display the skill of the practitioner in a closed environment with only their reporting expertise.

FAPR, Fellow of the Academy of Professional Reporters (NCRA’s nomination-only award for those reporters who have contributed to the profession through leadership, publication, service, and certification)

RPR, Registered Professional Reporter (NCRA’s entry-level certification)

RMR, Registered Merit Reporter (NCRA’s advanced certification)

RDR, Registered Diplomate Reporter (NCRA’s highest reporting knowledge certification)

CRI, Certified Reporting Instructor (NCRA’s certificate for educating reporting professionals)

CVR, Certified Verbatim Reporter (NVRA’s entry-level certification)

CM, Certificate of Merit (NVRA’s advanced certification)

M, Master (NVRA’s designation of a reporter who has passed the above tests at higher speeds than those currently in use as of 2012)

RCP, Registered CART Provider (NVRA’s educational realtime certification)

Testimonials

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"I have employed Tori as a transcriptionist to prepare court transcripts for me for appellate work on at least a dozen occasions since 2001. Her work is great, and I highly recommend her."

Mike H.

"Tori never fails to go above and beyond the call of duty for her profession, her clients, and her mentees. Her leadership, skill, and dedication to the profession are admirable qualities."

Crystal J.

"I have worked with Tori as both a mentor and scopist extraordinaire. She comes through in a crunch, saves you time, and does impeccable work. The edited file is sent back and easy to search and check spots. The dictionary she makes with each job as she sees how you write has helped me grow my main dictionary and have better translations with each subsequent job."

Aimee E.

“I have worked with Tori and The Last Word, Inc. on numerous depositions. She is a consummate professional, both in a deposition setting and in all dealings with Carolina Custom Video. Her firm is one I recommend to other legal professionals when they are looking for court reporting services in North Carolina.”

Bob C.

"Tori’s work is always accurate, timely, and complete. It’s an added bonus that she’s an absolute joy to work with. I highly recommend Tori for any reporting project."

Chris G.

“I have three basic expectations of stenographers – accuracy, invisibility, and punctuality. Pittman Stenography routinely accomplishes all three. Tori also ably and constructively works with attorneys on all sides of a case to meet their needs and is pro-active in her approach to evolving technologies in the stenographic field. A true professional.”

Todd S.

“Tori is always professional and conscientious! She helps me edit my realtime using Connection Magic, which makes my jobs that much less stressful. Even with the most difficult of jobs, she has a smile on her face!”

Jen S.

National Certifications

We Hold The Highest Level certifications from NCRA & NVRA