Feature Highlights
Current Version: 8.1 for Reporter, Scopist, and Student Subscriptions

Operability & Compatibility

• Supports Microsoft Windows 11 and 10. Windows 11 is recommended.
  (Some Windows 10 computers will not provide seamless experience. This version will not run on earlier versions of Windows such as 7 or 8.x.)
• Latest Windows Updates from Microsoft are required.
• Works with modern USB writers (e.g. NexGen, Xpression, Luminex I and II, Mira, Fusion, Diamante, Passport Touch) as well as student writers and most older writers.
• Import and Export RTF/CRE format for transcripts or dictionaries.
• Keyless license security (internet connection required).
• Optional Courtroon license security available (no connection required during use)

Wireless Connectivity

• Compatible with the latest wireless devices.
• Connect browsers wirelessly using our TrialBook® Realtime Streaming product to easily share your transcription with judges or audiences around the world in real time.

RealTime

• 140+ realtime commands to improve your writing. (RealTime Commands Dictionary)
• Auto-Partition a job on regular intervals you select in User Preferences
• CART Screen - Separate window for your realtime feed, displayed in a customizable format.
• Instant Refresh - Compatible with all industry recognized realtime browsers. Automatically refresh your viewer screens with your edit changes during realtime output with TrialBook and Bridge protocol.
• Smart Briefs - intelligently analyzes your dictionary and transcripts to automatically suggest steno for briefs; allows briefs on demand; displays briefs in steno or phonetics; .
• Seating Chart - On-the-fly speaker identification; display and store the seating chart with each job. Create speaker name cards to visually represent speaker's locations. Easily keep track of all the names in a case for quick identification of speakers.
• Multiple Simultaneous Outputs - Broadcast Realtime session to any number of Devices and COM Ports
• Display Realtime Speed in words per minute ("WPM"))
• Realtime Output local or remote to your judge, attorney, or selected audience anywhere
• Instant Edit - Write realtime directly into the editor, where you can make changes instantly.

• Write realtime on one job and edit another in a split screen.
  

• Automatic Translation:

  • Smart ending and Smart suffix
  • Automatic Conflict Resolution
  • Number Conversion - automatically organizes dates, times, phone numbers, SSN, zipcode, and even words into the proper format
  • Edit from both your keyboard and your writer
  • Time Stamping (both elapsed time and time of day)
  • Fuzzy Logic Translation for mistrokes
  • Append to previous job option

InSync® (Audio Synchronization)

• Record audio in mp3 format while writing.
• Audio is linked directly with your transcript, for precision playback
• Automatic scrolling moves the cursor down each line as you play back the realtime audio.
• Control audio recording directly from your steno machine.
• Variable audio playback speeds - playback fast or slow
• Shortcut keys to play, stop, rewind, fast forward, and pause
• Auto un-Pause record options
• Merge transcripts with audio
• Split transcripts with audio
• Convert existing audio to MP3

Time-Saving Editing Features

• Spell checking while editing
• Redaction - Securely black out selected text. Automatically redact certain words. You can automatically redact the surrounding sentence or paragraph too. Available for both PDF and ASCII formats
• Secondary Save Location/Backup - Keep your hard work safe! StenoCAT automatically saves another copy of the transcript with audio to your computer, a flash drive, or a cloud service of your choice.
• SmartKeys - Single keystroke home-row editing.
• Intuitive and easy-to-remember keystrokes for all of your editing needs.
• CATScan - an efficient approach to Editing & Proofing
• Auto Indexing - customize layout to meet ever-changing demands
• Address Book - save and retrieve contact information
• Searchable Macros

Fully-Customizable Editor Designed for Steno

• Color coded conflicts, untranslates, fields, improved spell-check, and more
• Ability to quickly add the birdcage
• Ability to add or suspend line numbers and timestamps
• Tiling windows - vertical and horizontal views
• Zoom in and out of transcript
• Predefined and customizable Smart Keys
• Ability to record, create, and assign macros for custom keystrokes.
• Reduce eyestrain - customizable large fonts in numerous dialogs
• Display options: document zoom, view steno, localscope, dictionary
• Print Preview

Transcript Delivery

Secure PDF – full text searchable PDF transcripts with bookmarks and digital signatures.
Meets requirements of latest Rules of Court in many jurisdictions

Transcript Formatting

• Make and save your own templates from current transcripts -- "virtual cookie-cutters" to format your jobs the same way.
• Easily reformat transcript layout to meet your requirements.
• Paragraph styles, margins and borders, headers and footers (standard and dynamic)
• Adjust UTC Offset in timecodes

Read Notes

• Auto-fill case name and template
• Preview notes before you copy them into your system
• Merge and read jobs as one
• Batch naming and reading
• Import audio from audio-compatible steno machines.

Printing

• Print your Dictionary updates & Smart Briefs
• Customizable Condensed Printing
• Customizable Condense Styles (page count per page)
• Header/Footer
• Border
• Print Steno Notes
• Highlight options for Questions or Alternate Q/A blocks
• Print Preview

Explorer Interface for total control

• Your StenoCAT Command Center
• Integrated Copy Out Console
• Easy to organize files, jobs by name, date modified, date created, size, pages, etc.
• Easy Copy In and Out dialog box. StenoCAT remembers where you like your files
• Add comments to transcript jobs to keep track of payments, progress, and more. Keep your self and your collaborators organized
• Mark jobs as complete
• Easy organizational structure by Jobs, Dictionaries, Templates, Cases

File-Type Conversion

• Export to ASCII (.txt format)
• RTF/CRE Compatible
• PDF output - with digital signatures

Getting Started

• Initial Setup wizards with NEW USER defaults closely matching requested user settings
• Pre-designed templates for formatting
• Sample transcripts and dictionaries
• Online tutorials
• Wizard walk through processes like formatting, setup, conversions, and more
• Support Callback Request built-in to help menu
• Easy activation/deactivation of license directly from the software
• New user training classes and computer setup assistance

InstaBuild Dictionary build program

• Allows students to build their dictionaries using a pre-defined word list.
• Experienced reporters can use InstaBuild to improve the robustness of their dictionaries by utilizing customized word lists.

Customer Care & Online Help

• Easily request support callback directly from your StenoCAT Help Menu
• Help Center on www.stenocat.com contains:
  • Knowledge Base with helpful troubleshooting tips, articles and common questions answered
  • Downloads section for easy installation of free software updates and tools
  • Message Board for the StenoCAT community of users moderated by our support staff
  • New Video Training Library - short videos with clear explanations on how to use the most common features of your software.