All occupations › Arts, design, media & sportsCan AI Replace Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners in 2026? Moderate exposure. AI could handle about 91% of today's court reporters and simultaneous captioners tasks by 2036, and there is a 45% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI is likely to take over many tasks outright.
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Timeline Year 2030 Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs
16% 2030 · 45% 2036
One person could cover, 2036
6.7 roles
0% 50% 100% 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 50% 2027: 52% 2028: 54% 2029: 59% 2030: 64% 2031: 70% 2032: 77% 2033: 82% 2034: 87% 2035: 89% 2036: 91% 64% Share of today's tasks AI can perform 40 80 120 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 99 2027: 99 2028: 97 2029: 96 2030: 93 2031: 90 2032: 88 2033: 85 2034: 84 2035: 82 2036: 81 93 Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line) Your survival map Not every part of your job is at the same risk. Tap a number to see what to do about each task.
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1 Log and store exhibits from court proceedings. 2 Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph… 3 Proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words. 4 Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public. 5 Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats. Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills Your plan Ticks are saved in this browser only.
Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph…". Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Log and store exhibits from court proceedings". Take on work where you sign off, decide or carry responsibility: that part stays human. Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output. Read about a lower-risk move: Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates. Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks Based on 14 O*NET tasks for "Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners" (SOC 27-3092.00). LLM alone: 92% of tasks; with AI tools: 100%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10
