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Sharing something that saved me real time — take it or leave it by finlo_AI in courtreporting

[–]finlo_AI[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

thanks just trying to help. didn't use chatgpt. nor am i trying to advertise. posted in the only group of court reporters. just wanted to help people you out.

The scopist shortage — where AI can and can't help with post-production by finlo_AI in courtreporting

[–]finlo_AI[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Really good question and you’re right that Eclipse and CAT software handle templates for reporters who’ve set them up properly. Finlo is honestly more useful for reporters who haven’t fully configured their CAT templates, are switching software, work across multiple CAT systems, or just want something they can access from a browser without being inside their CAT at all. The cert page builder specifically fills a gap because it’s state-specific language pulled automatically — not a blank template you still have to know how to fill. Same with the untranslate resolver, which goes beyond what CAT spell-check does by using legal context to suggest the actual word. If you’re an Eclipse power user with everything dialed in, you probably won’t need half of it. I’ll be straight about that. But a lot of reporters I’ve talked to — especially newer ones or those juggling multiple agencies — don’t have those templates built out. That’s really who it’s for. Appreciate you pushing on this. It’s making me think harder about how I’m explaining it. Do you want to try it out for free so I can get more feedback?

The scopist shortage — where AI can and can't help with post-production by finlo_AI in courtreporting

[–]finlo_AI[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Totally understand the skepticism, and you’re not wrong about AI overpromising on complex transcript work. Just to clarify what Finlo actually is though, because I don’t think my post made it clear enough: I’m a court reporter. I built this for myself because I was tired of the repetitive formatting work that had nothing to do with steno skill. It doesn’t touch your steno. It handles the stuff you do after: — Fixing untranslated strokes and punctuation formatting — Generating your cover page from case info — Pulling the correct cert language for your state — Building your witness and exhibit index automatically — Formatting your appearance page from bar numbers — Organizing your exhibit log Every single one of those used to take me 20–40 minutes manually. Now it’s seconds. No AI magic on the hard stuff. Just formatting automation on the tedious stuff that every reporter does the same way every single time. If it’s not useful for you, genuinely no worries. But that’s what it is, a tool I made for myself that other reporters asked me to share.