Mirabai
Knight
StenoKnight CART
Services
#6E
New York, NY 10040
****@***********.***
http://stenoknight.com
OBJECTIVE
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To produce verbatim
or edited transcripts in
specified
formats on a freelance basis,
remotely or on-site.
WORK
EXPERIENCE
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May 2005 -
Present
Stenotranscriber
Freelance
Transcriber
New
York, NY
Produce and proofread
transcripts
for film, television, and
medical journals
according to client
specifications. Clients
include Ethis Communications,
Inc.,
Master Transcription, Verbal
Ink, Media
Transcripts, Inc., Elrom,
Inc., Hamilton Partners, Inc.,
Focus Forward, LLC
and Revolution, LLC.
June 2007 -
Present
Open Captioner
Caption
Coalition
New York, NY
Provide scripted open
captioning for plays and
musicals. Prepare and edit
scripts, preview productions,
synchronize caption output to
dialog.
August 2007 - Present
CART Provider
NYU, LIU, Hunter,
Pratt
New York, NY
Provide CART in
classroom. Transcribe classes
in realtime, correct and
distribute transcripts to
students, review and add
relevant class material to
steno dictionary, facilitate
communication between students
and professors as appropriate.
Subjects include Tax Law,
Urban Planning, Pharmaceutics,
Architecture, Economics,
Literature.
July 2005 - August
2007
Senior Caption Transcriber
Soundwriters,
Inc.
Long Island City,
NY
Produced transcripts
for closed captioning using
steno machine and CAT
software. Wrote MS Word macros
to maximize efficiency.
Performed web research to
determine spelling of names
and terminology. Trained and
supervised transcription
staff.
EDUCATION
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September 2005 -
March 2007
New York Career
Institute
New York, NY
Advanced Court Reporter
Certificate
Studied conflict-free
proprietary realtime theory,
Case CATalyst, medical and
legal terminology. Attained
speed of 225
WPM.
August 1998 - May
2002
St. John's
College
Santa Fe, NM
BA, Liberal Arts
Mastered an
interdisciplinary curriculum
based on the "Great Books" of
Western civilization.
Coursework included
Philosophy, Mathematics,
Laboratory Sciences, Greek,
French, Music.
SKILLS
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Proficient in
Total Eclipse,
Captivator Offline,
Teleview, Vim, and
Regular
Expressions.
Developed
Bozzy, an open-source
steno dictionary
builder.
Currently developing
Plover, an open-source
steno CAT program, in
Python.
Home
transcription setup
includes USB foot
pedal, broadband, all
common multimedia
codecs.