you're familiar with the vtc, video teleconferencing system that they have. back in the days of the cassette tapes, do you remember what they used to have to do? where they would put the microphone in front of the television in order to actually pick up the -- >> there have been a number of issues with vtc when it was first implemented in the early 2000s, and there were some growing pains. like art was saying, very difficult to pick up with a cassette recorder and people in different parts of the courtroom to make sure it all gets recorded when you're also getting a video feed. the digital audio recording system has largely solved that problem. there have also been significant upgrades in our vtc technology and we haven't had significant problems in several years. >> so this is a positive improvement? >> yes. >> and one that gives you more control over the transcripts and the case system itself? >> i mean, ultimately, you know, moving forward to the future it's something that we're exploring to be able to do almost a realtime transcription, because everything

there is significant upgrades in our vtc technology. we haven't had any significant problems in several years. >> so this is a positive improvement. >> yes. >> and one that gives you more control over the transcripts and case system itself? >> ultimately moving forward to the futures something we're exploring to do a real time transcription because everything is being recorded. there is software in their programs out there. something that is kind of the next generation. right now we're focused on getting electronic filing and electronic records. that is our first big step. but after that there is no reason we can't move on to again real time transcription or immediate processing of cases. >> before we move off of the electronic rops, what benefits do you see there being from electronic rops and what problems have you had with the paper ones? >> there are several benefits. something everybody supports it makes it easier for private practitioners representatives to file. makes it easier for the government to file. makes it easier for resp

you're familiar with the vtc or video teleconferencing system that they have. back in the days of the cassette tapes, do you remember what they used to have to do? where they would put the microphone in front of the television in order to actually pick up the --. >> there have been a number of issues with vtc when it was first implemented. it was a new technology in the early 2000's. and there were some growing pains. it's very difficult to pick up with a cassette recorder and people in different parts of the courtroom to get it recorded when you're getting a video feed. but the digital was solved the problem and there have been significant upgrades in the vtc he can technology and we haven't had significant problems in several years. >> this is an improvement. >> yes. >> and gives you more control over transcripts and case system itself. >> moving forward to the future it's something we are exploring to do to do almost a real time transcription and there are software and programs out there, something kind of the next generation. right now we're focused on gett

you are familiar with the vtc or video teleconferencing system they have. back in the days of the cassette tapes, do you remember what they used to have to do? where they would put the microphone in front of the television in order to actually pick up the --. >> there have been a number of issues with vtc when it was implemented. it was the new technology then. they had growing pains. it is difficult to pick up a cassette recorder with all these people in a courtroom, to make sure it is all recorded. when you are also getting a video feed. the digital system has largely solved that problem. we've also had upgrades and we have not had significant problems in several years. >> so this is a positive improvement. >> yes. >> one that gives you more control over the transcripts and case system itself. >> i mean, ultimately moving forward to the future is something we are exploring to be able to do almost with real-time transcription, because everything is being recorded and there is software out there, it is the next generation. right now, we are focused on the e

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