| Joyful Scoping |
| We can accomplish great things when we work together!! |
| Joyful Leads Program |
How This Works
We currently have the team for the 17,000 page project on Case CATalyst taken care of.
During the first week of March 2010, I received five personal inquiring for scoping work from court reporters. I usually cannot
take on anymore work, so I channel the overflow right into the Joyful Leads team.
Based on that information, I can see a definite need for more scopists to fill the needs of the court reporters. Joyful Leads
requires each participant to either provide three court reporter references or to take the scoping exam which is explained on the
right-hand side of this page. The exam includes have the individual scope a transcript in their CAT program to audio.
This is required because I have discovered that Scoping Made Affordable (SMA) is the only scoping training course that teaches
the skill of contextual reading. Even adults can be challenged with this skill that takes quite a bit of practice to establish the skill.
Feel free to visit the "brain" page of this website which explains that aspect directly.
Joyful Leads strives to provide court reporters a higher level of quality scopists and proofreaders that will be evident
with the first file completed. No more headaches for court reporters when they search for a scopist or a proofreader
through Joyful Leads. Joyful Leads has done all the hard work and weeding out for you. Verbatim work will be
verbatim work.
We currently have the team for the 17,000 page project on Case CATalyst taken care of.
During the first week of March 2010, I received five personal inquiring for scoping work from court reporters. I usually cannot
take on anymore work, so I channel the overflow right into the Joyful Leads team.
Based on that information, I can see a definite need for more scopists to fill the needs of the court reporters. Joyful Leads
requires each participant to either provide three court reporter references or to take the scoping exam which is explained on the
right-hand side of this page. The exam includes have the individual scope a transcript in their CAT program to audio.
This is required because I have discovered that Scoping Made Affordable (SMA) is the only scoping training course that teaches
the skill of contextual reading. Even adults can be challenged with this skill that takes quite a bit of practice to establish the skill.
Feel free to visit the "brain" page of this website which explains that aspect directly.
Joyful Leads strives to provide court reporters a higher level of quality scopists and proofreaders that will be evident
with the first file completed. No more headaches for court reporters when they search for a scopist or a proofreader
through Joyful Leads. Joyful Leads has done all the hard work and weeding out for you. Verbatim work will be
verbatim work.
| How to sign up for Joyful Leads: (Please read and follow these directions carefully. If you provide inaccurate email addresses or if I have to answer questions that this page provides the answers to, you will not be able to join the program. I do not have time for that type of unprofessional mistakes. Take your time.) 1. Fill out the Joyful Leads' Screening Information (below) 2. If you're taking the exam, place the $20 order. If you're providing references, send an email to drscoping@gmail.com including the court reporter's names and email addresses. 3. After you receive the approval from Joyful Leads, then you may place your order. A one-year subscription will be $20 and a three-year subscription will be $30 (saving you $30). |
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| $30 3-year subscription |
| Joyful Leads Screening Information - Step 1 |
| Court Reporters go here |
| SIP Course for additional training after taking the scoping exam |
| Updated March 6, 2010 |
How does this work for single jobs?
A court reporter contacts Joyful Leads (JL) and is in
need of a scopist. The information the court reporter
provides JL is then sent to all JL subscribers. If you feel
that you fit the reporter's specific needs, you contact
them personally and go from there if the court reporter
decides to use your services.
If Joyful Leads is contacted by a reporter in a crunch
situation, JL will assess the situation, make direct contact
with the scopists to create a team that is on that CAT
program and check their availability. If you choose to
join that specific project, the court reporter works with
you and pays you directly.
The focus of these teams is about what the court
reporter wants and not how the scopists wants to do
their work.
A court reporter contacts Joyful Leads (JL) and is in
need of a scopist. The information the court reporter
provides JL is then sent to all JL subscribers. If you feel
that you fit the reporter's specific needs, you contact
them personally and go from there if the court reporter
decides to use your services.
If Joyful Leads is contacted by a reporter in a crunch
situation, JL will assess the situation, make direct contact
with the scopists to create a team that is on that CAT
program and check their availability. If you choose to
join that specific project, the court reporter works with
you and pays you directly.
The focus of these teams is about what the court
reporter wants and not how the scopists wants to do
their work.
| Please send your three court reporter references to: drscoping@gmail.com. Thank you. |
| About the Scoping Exam |
| The scoping exam covers the following: 45 Points covering Basics of scoping Terminology and Formatting Punctuation and Capitalization** Numbers ** (22 Points) Homonyms or soundalikes (40 Points) **According to the Lillian Morson's English Guide for Court Reporters (LMEG) And a transcript to edit with audio on Case CATalyst, DigitalCAT and Eclipse. Other programs will use Microsoft Word. You are tested on listening, punctuation, spelling, reading contextually, formatting. See bottom right for a sample of feedback given. |
Sample feedback on a Test Transcript Errors are in reading contextually, listening errors, and punctuation errors. On the first 14 pages, this is the breakdown of errors: ***Contextual: 2 – words that don’t belong, incorrect word usage. Spelling: 1 – dauthter should have been daughter Listening: 12 – words missing Punctuation and capitalization: 10 punctuation marks and/or capitalization errors Formatting: 3 new paragraphs needed Word prefix/suffix issues: 1 – gotten, should have been “got no” (Page 5, line 15) There were 29 errors in 14 pages. The recommendation is for a little additional guidance in listening, punctuation, and watching for details. You are missing the small details that will help you become a very successful scopist. Errors guideline: Three errors per five pages ***All errors are provided the LMEG Rule to understand and learn from the mistake. |
| Scoping Exam $20 |
| Joyful Leads has already and will continue putting scoping teams together when necessary!! |
Joyful Leads is now serving court reporters in Washington, D.C., Israel, Philadelphia and other locals. |
| Court Reporter Testimonial 12/6/09 I want to thank you for calling me at work yesterday. You don't know how much I appreciate you doing that. I really needed a scopist, but I have never used one before. I had gone to another website about 2 weeks ago. I don't remember what the name was now, but I got two responses and neither really were able to scope for me, either because of software or just disinterest, I guess. ________ is just wonderful. I am really glad to have gotten connected to her through your service. Two of the court reporters on my floor and two other csr friends are waiting to hear from me about my experience using a scopist because they all would like to use one but are afraid like I was. Thank you again, Devon. Alice Alarcon, California |
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| $20 1-year subscription |
| The $20 order button is next to the Joyful Leads Screening Information form (to your left.) |
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