STTR is short for ’speech to text reporter’, who use stenographs or palantype to help the deaf and hard of hearing to cope with communication in work and educational environments. Similarly to BIVR, STTRs note down everything said but instead of creating a transcript their notes are projected on to a big screen.

BIVR is an acronym for British Institute of Verbatim Reporters. A verbatim reporter is is a trained individual who attends meetings or events to take note of everything that is said for attendees who are hard of hearing. BIVR reporters are also frequently called upon in court to take note of the proceedings. It may sound [...]