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Naples Reporting
Naples Reporting was founded by Tony and Jennifer Wright (then, Jennifer Nalevanko) in April of 2011. The company has lead the local market in terms of technology with a series of "Firsts" for southwest Florida including:


 * 1) The first Digital Reporting Company in Naples, Florida.
 * 2) The first HD Certified Video Conferencing Center in Naples, Florida.
 * 3) The first HD Legal Videography service in Naples, Florida.

Though the company has grown through it's innovative and creative foundation, it didn't come without some setbacks. When Naples Reporting was founded, it wasn't designed to be a digital court reporting company at all. It all started in May of 2008 when Mr. Wright was hired as the Operations Manager for a local, competing firm. Within six months of working with the company, his salary nearly doubled due to the accomplishments and efficiencies that were implemented within the organization.

Toward the end of 2010 and early 2011 the competing company experienced horrendous cash flow problems and being the highest paid employee of the organization, Tony was let go on February 28th, 2011. Approximately one week later, on March 8th, Naples Reporting was founded. Many of the court reporters of the old company pledged that they would be happy to work for the new organization, but competition set in. The old firm threatened the independent subcontractors with termination if they were to accept work from Naples Reporting. This left Naples Reporting in a tough spot trying to sell court reporting services with no court reporters. After struggling job after job to find court reporting coverage, Naples Reporting invested heavily in the equipment and research necessary to start a digital court reporting agency.

Digital Court Reporting
Tony Wright took the idea of converting Naples Reporting to a digital court reporting company from the Collier County, Florida court system. The Court has successfully implemented a hybrid system of recording court proceedings, and archiving them until a transcript was requested. Naples Reporting applied that idea to the freelance deposition market. Using broadcast-quality, multi-channel audio equipment, Naples Reporting began recording depositions for law firms in southwest Florida. Partnering with transcribers in the area, and around the country, Naples Reporting was able to improve the process of generating an accurate transcript at nearly half of the cost. As it turned out, the system was more efficient, more accurate, and less expensive than any stenographic court reporting company in southwest Florida.

Multi-Channel Audio
Multi-Channel Audio is the product of recording several microphones independently. This can be done with a multi-channel recorder. The benefit of recording a proceeding with multiple channels is that a transcriber can then isolate each channel during difficult segments of testimony. For example, if an attorney and a witness speak over each other, the transcriber can mute a channel during transcription and hear exactly what was said from the witness, before muting the other channel and hearing what was said from the attorney.

Verifiably Accurate
One major benefit of digital court reporting is that it is verifiably accurate. Since the audio is preserved in a broadcast-quality digital format, it never degrades with age. If there is ever a question about a transcript, the audio can be played back to verify or refute the transcript. The audio can also be used to verify interpretations. Since stenographic court reporters can only report in one language, only the words of the attorneys and a translator are kept. If the proceeding is digitally recorded, an attorney can then have an opportunity to challenge a translation.

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