The Importance of Realtime

The Importance of Realtime

Presenter: Tracy Thompson, RDR, RMR, RPR, CRR, CRC, CRI The Importance of Realtime is a focused, practical session on why strong realtime skills matter more than ever in today’s legal and captioning environments. Realtime directly affects your credibility, earning potential, and career longevity—and this session breaks down what it truly takes to build dependable, high-quality realtime. Attendees will explore what realtime is (and what it is not), who relies on it in the room, and how weak realtime quietly creates stress, delays, and lost confidence. The session emphasizes that excellent realtime doesn’t mean perfection—it means consistency, reliability, and preparation. Designed for students and working reporters alike, this seminar offers encouragement, perspective, and a clear reminder that realtime success is not accidental. It’s deliberate.