NAC656.140. Examination: Section on transcription.  


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  •      1. After the administration of the written section of the examination, the Board will administer the section of the examination that tests the ability of the applicant to transcribe. Before the section on transcription, an applicant will have a warm-up period of approximately 3 minutes to establish voice familiarity and clarity. An accuracy of 97.5 percent is required to pass the section on transcription.

         2. The section on transcription consists of dictation of not less than 200 nor more than 225 words per minute. The Board will provide to each applicant a glossary of proper names for use during the examination.

         3. After completion of the dictation, the applicant shall transcribe the dictation. Unless special arrangements are made pursuant to subsection 8 of NAC 656.120, the Board will give each applicant 3 hours to complete and submit the transcription to the Board or a member of the staff of the Board. An applicant may use a dictionary. If an applicant elects not to complete the section on transcription, the applicant must sign an affidavit acknowledging that he or she forfeits the examination. An applicant who signs such an affidavit shall turn in all notes taken by the applicant and all electronic storage media used by a device for voice writing that was used by the applicant during the examination and include on the notes and electronic storage media his or her name, the date and the identification number assigned to him or her.

         4. An applicant shall prepare the transcription in the manner prescribed by the Board. In preparing the transcript, the applicant shall not:

         (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), use handwriting or any audio recording device; or

         (b) If taking the examination through the use of voice writing, use handwriting or any system of manual or mechanical shorthand writing, but may use an audio recording of the applicant’s voice.

         5. The Board will count each of the following as one error on the section on transcription:

         (a) One wrong word;

         (b) Misuse of the singular or plural of a word;

         (c) Misuse of the present or past tense of a word;

         (d) Omission of a word;

         (e) Addition of a word;

         (f) Transposition of a word;

         (g) A word that is spelled incorrectly, including, but not limited to, typographical errors and keyboard errors;

         (h) A name that is wrong;

         (i) A period that is omitted or placed incorrectly;

         (j) A question mark that is omitted or placed incorrectly;

         (k) A contraction of a word that is incorrectly typed as two words;

         (l) Two words that are incorrectly typed as a contraction;

         (m) Omission of a question or answer;

         (n) A number or figure that is incorrectly typed; and

         (o) A capital letter that is omitted if the Board determines that the capitalization is necessary.

         6. The Board will not count the following as errors on the section on transcription:

         (a) Punctuation that is included if the Board determines that the punctuation is optional;

         (b) Words that are incorrectly capitalized if the Board determines that the capitalization is optional;

         (c) Use of paragraphs;

         (d) Crossing out words by use of a typewriter;

         (e) Typing dates with the use of ordinal or cardinal numbers;

         (f) Errors in the use of spacing; or

         (g) Use of hyphenation, including, but not limited to, compound words.

     (Added to NAC by Cert. Court Reporters’ Bd. by R120-97, eff. 4-13-98; A by R101-03, 2-18-2004; R030-09, 10-27-2009; R005-11, 12-30-2011)