Scoping Made Affordable
(SMA)
Scoping Training
Program

SMA's focus is to make this training program affordable for those who want to
enter the scoping field.  We are offering the basic information pieces, depending on
what you need because of your educational background and experience.  So each
piece is being
priced to be purchased individually.

Each of the courses listed below can be found on the
SMA Courses page.

We are including the following:

  • Steno Language Instruction

  • Steno/Deposition practice work

  • Lillian Morson’s English Guide for Court Reporters (LMEG) @ $70
       ** You will purchase this on your own. Some legal terminology
       is included in this book.

  • Punctuation and Grammar for Scoping (The LMEG is required to be purchased and
    thoroughly studied before entering this part of the program.)      
    Punctuation is the majority of our job.

  • Soundalike words

  • Formatting legal documents/Scoping and Court Reporter Terminology

  • Medical and legal terminology are not being included but we would  
    recommend that you purchase one of Stedman’s Medical Dictionaries and Black’s  
    Law Dictionary at some point in the beginning of your career.  

  • Computer knowledge and file transfer information

  • Marketing yourself to court reporters

  • Basic training for CAT software programs

  • 50 pages of your first job being proofed by us.

This scoping training program will take approximately two months to learn, depending on your
work schedule.  It is recommended that you keep your current position until you start to have court
reporters sending you work on a regular basis while you gain efficiency in your scoping technique.

Please contact us at
sma@joyfulscoping.com for more information.
Both students and instructors share their enthusiasm for
getting more scoping careers started on the right foot!!

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Thank you so much for
your course!  The
classes are very
comprehensive and
reasonably priced. I also
appreciate all the
additional one-on-one
support and guidance
you are giving me.
- Student

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