And, again, a court reporter who sees her job as providing information technology solutions can actually see her opportunity broaden significantly. Everyone wants it. As this consultant travels the country, he finds that judges and court administrators look unfavorably at Kentucky's videotape experience. No other state will even consider it. Essential, especially with a further desire for data access.
Transcripts are the ultimate in legal content.
On the civil side and in the lower courts where we're dealing with misdemeanors and violations or we're dealing with small claims, the pressure toward a digital record is going to continue to be of marginal interest. So, I think that in that arena we're going to see a softening of the demand of the legal requirement for the transcript. The informality of the proceedings and the absence of a record looks like a trend that will take things out of litigation and the arena where you require a record. At the same time, I see the emergence of this sort of virtual mediation or cyber mediation as creating a whole new need for the digital record. You would not believe how important.