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Why Internet Scoping School Is the Best Scoping School in the World
Why Internet Scoping School Is the Best Scoping School in the World What Makes ISS the Best Scoping School Internet Scoping School (ISS) is widely recognized as the gold standard in scoping education—and for good reason. Founded by industry expert Linda Evenson, a scopist with over 40 years of experience, ISS combines deep expertise, unmatched […]
Continue readingThe Benefits of Scoping as a Career
The Benefits of Scoping as a Career Scoping is a rewarding and flexible career that offers individuals the opportunity to work from home, set their own hours, and earn a stable income—all while contributing to the legal system. A scopist is a trained professional who edits transcripts created by court reporters, ensuring accuracy, grammar, and […]
Continue readingNEW! 18-MONTH AND 24-MONTH PAYMENT PLANS
Discover flexible new ways to invest in your future as a professional scopist! Internet Scoping School now offers 18-month and 24-month payment plans, making it easier than ever to enroll, learn, and launch your career—without financial stress. Same full training, more time to pay.
Continue readingBecca
This is a post from Becca to our Facebook page and we found it so encouraging, we want to share it! Hi, All! I wanted to take a moment to share my first experience in the real world of scoping. I finally worked up enough courage to post a job ad on Triple Threat’s job […]
Continue readingIs This You?
IS THIS YOU? Are you sick of working your fingers to the bone to enrich someone else? Are you fed up with having no control over your schedule and being forced to work overtime? Are you tired of dealing with demanding bosses and irritable coworkers? Are you weary of commuting an hour or more each way […]
Continue readingHow to Not Burn Out in Stenography and Scoping
Stenography is a highly sought-after skill and can be quite lucrative, with CNBC reporting that experienced stenographers can earn upwards of $100,000 per year as court reporters. In spite of this, interest in the profession has declined over the last 10 years, resulting in a shortage of at least 5,000 reporters.Stenographers and scopists symbiotically play […]
Continue readingThese Scoping Courses Have Been Life Changing!
A year ago, my wife and I decided to make a significant change in our careers. We were looking for something completely different and we found it in scoping. A friend of ours has been scoping for 40 years and he suggested we check out ISS. It was one of the best decisions we have […]
Continue readingQ. and A. Do you use checklists when editing for reporters?
I actually did create checklists for some reporters who had certain “bad habits” that were easy for me to read over. One gal, for example, often reversed you were/were you, and I found it very easy to overread the wrong one. For her, I actually created an E-global that had the conflict set up which […]
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Get Time and a Teammate with a Scopist
This article by Megan Stolz Rogers says: “Stenography can be a solitary profession and reporters can work long, sometimes exhausting, hours. The solution to this can be working with a scopist — giving the reporter the gift of time and a teammate. Scoping your own transcripts is “like a second job,” says Margary Rogers, RPR, […]
Continue readingEmail from 3/3/22 — Student Feedback
Hi Linda, I hope this email finds you well! I have been wanting to take the time to sit and write you an update on how things are going since graduating from ISS at the end of November. In a previous e-mail, I had mentioned that I had interest from a reporter. I did take work […]
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