Training
The AudioScribe Corporation offers training services in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, by certified trainers around the country, online via Team Viewer, online via AudioScribe Continuing Education Portal. Our trainers have been through rigorous trainer training and have certified to a high degree of excellence. All trainers are recertified on a yearly basis on the latest SpeechCAT products and the latest Speech Recognition Engines.
Some AudioScribe software purchases include Voucher training. Other can be purchased hourly at $75 an hour or $600 per day per trainee. Expenses incurred by trainee or trainer for travel, lodging and meals are the responsibility of the trainee.
Most agendas are created and approved by AudioScribe and trainers adhere to these agendas. Suggested cost for one day of training is $600. Contact your trainer directly for actual pricing. For seasoned SpeechCAT users, advanced training can be purchased as well, the agenda for these trainings typically vary as content is geared towards the individual trainees needs.
AudioScribe can take care of all of your training needs.
Training Team
Adria earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1990. After spending a few years in Albuquerque, then Anchorage, Alaska Adria returned to Louisiana choosing to work with her family in the Computer Software and Hardware business. Two years later, Phil Kaufman and Chad Theriot approached her for assistance getting AudioScribe off the ground. Adria has been with AudioScribe since its inception in the spring of 1997. She was tasked to test both Dragon NaturallySpeaking and IBM Via Voice and decide which would be better for court reporters in the early Spring of 1997, after selecting Dragon, Adria began to write documentation on utilizing speech recognition with SpeechCAT for Court Reporters. Adria authored instructions and documentation which are the basis for every methodology written on speech recognition for voice writers to date.
For over nineteen years Adria has traveled to many regions of the United States, Canada, Italy, Germany, Africa and the Philippines for regional, state and national court reporting conventions, military conferences, demonstrations and trainings.
Adria has conducted six-week-long training sessions at the US Army JAG School in Charlottesville, Virginia, Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas and at a private firm in Manhattan in New York City. She has also designed training courses for both online and brick and mortar schools.
Adria rose through the ranks at AudioScribe eventually becoming the President of AudioScribe. At its largest, AudioScribe has been 17 people strong. Adria’s focus has always been on development, education and support and she still does all of that today along with various Special Projects. Adria continues to develop training methodology and protocols, train users and trainers and develop and administer certification exams and protocols. Adria maintains the AudioScribe Forum and runs the Beta program for all AudioScribe software. She also attends various state and national conventions, workshops & military symposiums as a representative of AudioScribe Corp., an exhibitor and as a guest speaker.
The AudioScribe Corporation was the first company to bring speech recognition to the field of court reporting and remains the expert with over 19 years of experience in the field. AudioScribe has maintained a continuous relationship with the developers of Dragon NaturallySpeaking and maintained a certified Dragon trainer on staff, even as the company changed hands over the years. AudioScribe software integrated both Dragon and IBM Via Voice into applications for Voice Writers until IBM stopped developing for the retail market.
Adria believes that speech recognition is the future for many professions and often says that even if digital recording replaces many reporters’ positions, speech recognition experts will still have jobs as most every job will use the technology eventually.
Adria’s areas of expertise:
AudioScribe product line:
- SpeechCAT for Realtime
- DigiTran for recording multiple channels of digital audio with the option to automatically transcribe via Dragon NaturallySpeaking after the fact
- Remote Scopist for scoping and editing and/or redictation of recorded audio
- Media Controller for listening to and controlling audio with a foot pedal while in any word processor
Speech recognition engines:
- Dragon NaturallySpeaking Individual Professional, Premium, Medical and Legal to version 14
Word Processors:
- Microsoft Word for Windows (versions 6 to 2016)
- WordPerfect for Windows (versions 6 to X7)
Realtime:
- The basics of Sending and Receiving Realtime Feeds
- What free Viewers and Litigation Support Browsers are out there?
Digital Audio:
- What digital recorders are most popular for business people these days?
Archiving:
Basic PC care and understanding:
If you have a special area of interest that is not listed here please feel free to e-mail and ask about Adria preparing a presentation for you!
Michelle Guilbeau has an extensive technological background and has worked in the software/technology industry for over 23 years. She has been a member of the AudioScribe staff since October 2000 and currently serves as the Vice President. She works on the development team and the beta team for all AudioScribe and Nuance Products as well as for new products. Michelle maintains a strong commitment to providing an exceptional level of customer support, training and continuing the cutting-edge development that has followed the SpeechCAT name. Her goal is to assist SpeechCAT users in attaining success via personal training sessions and then through phone, dial-in, e-mail and forum support.
In 2001, Michelle took the reins of the Dragon certification and has maintained the certification continuously since that time. Michelle remains THE person who has been certified in the use of Dragon NaturallySpeaking longest in the field of Voice Writing vendors.
Michelle also works closely with Lenovo to configure and assure computers AudioScribe delivers are robust enough to handle the needs of the court reporting industry. Michelle configures, optimizes and tests each computer in house, along with remote setups.
Outside of her duties in the office, Michelle often performs demonstrations of the product, makes convention appearances. She also trains customers in the use of the AudioScribe software both on-site, and remotely and provides seminars.
For over sixteen years Michelle has traveled to many regions of the United States, Japan, Germany, and Africa for regional, state and national court reporting conventions, military conferences, demonstrations and trainings.
Michelle rose through the ranks at AudioScribe eventually becoming the Vice President of AudioScribe. At its largest, AudioScribe has been 17 people strong. Michelle’s focus has always been on training, support, quality control, hardware standards and development.
The AudioScribe Corporation was the first company to bring speech recognition to the field of court reporting and remains the expert with over 19 years of experience in the field. AudioScribe has maintained a continuous relationship with the developers of Dragon NaturallySpeaking and maintained a certified Dragon trainer on staff, even as the company changed hands over the years. AudioScribe software integrated both Dragon and IBM Via Voice into applications for Voice Writers until IBM stopped developing for the retail market.
Michelle believes that speech recognition is the future for many professions and often says that even if digital recording replaces many reporters’ positions, speech recognition experts will still have jobs as most every job will use the technology eventually.
Michelle’s areas of expertise:
AudioScribe product line:
- SpeechCAT for Realtime
- SpeechCART
- DigiTran for recording multiple channels of digital audio with the option to automatically transcribe via Dragon NaturallySpeaking after the fact
- DigiTran Lite for recording only two channels of digital audio
- Remote Scopist for scoping and editing and/or redictation of recorded audio
- Media Controller for listening to and controlling audio with a foot pedal while in any word processor
Speech recognition engines:
- Dragon NaturallySpeaking Individual Professional, Premium, Medical and Legal to version 15
Word Processors:
- Microsoft Word for Windows (versions 6 to 2016)
- WordPerfect for Windows (versions 6 to X7)
Realtime:
- The basics of Sending and Receiving Realtime Feeds
- What free Viewers and Litigation Support Browsers are out there?
Windows
Advanced PC care and understanding:
If you have a special area of interest that is not listed here please feel free to e-mail and ask about Michelle preparing a presentation for you!
| Experience | Freelance Court Reporter and CART/Captioner Working with CART/Captioning companies providing on-site and remote captioning, CART and broadcast captioning services. May, 2015 – Present |
| Court Reporter 2001 – Present Providing freelance court reporting services. I’ve held an official position with both State and Superior Courts as well as provided court reporting services through the state of Georgia. I served the Dublin Judicial Circuit Superior Court for approximately nine years. | |
| Education | Kennesaw State College, Paralegal Course Kennesaw, Georgia (1998 – 1999) Springfield Technical Community College, Machine Shorthand Court Reporting Springfield, Massachusetts (1990 – 1993) |
| Leadership | Board Member, Georgia Certified Court Reporters Association (GCCRA), 2012 to present. President – 2015 to present. Board Member, National Verbatim Court Reporters Association (NVRA), 2008. Board Member, Georgia Board of Court Reporting Board Member, Vice Chair (2009 – 2010). Public Relations Committee Chairperson and Testing Committee Member (2003 – 2008). Court Reporting and CART/Captioning Software Trainer – AudioScribe (2005 to present). Speaker/Presenter at national and state court reporting events (2003 to present). Topics included: Ethics, Reporting in the State of Georgia, Habeas Corpus Proceedings in Georgia, Realtime Reporting and CART/Captioning. |
Jodie Casal, CCR, RPR, CVR, RCP-M, RBC-M, CSR
Broadcast Captioner
CART Provider
Court Reporter
AudioScribe Trainer & Beta Tester
CART/Captioning Trainer
Captioning Careers, President
Azur CART & Captioning & Court Reporting, President
Transcribant, Co-Founder
Azur Tech, President
Inspired as a child at just 12 years old, Jodie’s mentor showed her the rope and inspired her future career. That passion for the industry never wavered into adulthood.
Her journey began in this field after attending Hillsborough Community College, The State University of New York and Erwin College for Court Reporting, learning both machine and then voice writing, finishing in 2003.
In 2010, she transferred from Eclipse to AudioScribe, and mastered the skill of CART/Captioning, working as the first W9 employee of a major captioning company, then becoming the QA director. She was blessed to certify as a BETA tester and trainer for The AudioScribe Corporation. As a trainer, she has certified in excess of 200 students. The online, self-paced education program she built is called Captioning Careers. It holds her knowledge of the industry and utilization of SpeechCat for court reporters, CART providers and captioners. She has organized and taught, at both state and national levels, for professionals in the industry. Jodie continues to teach and is a mentor to many working professionals.
In 2013, Ms. Casal founded Azur CART & Captioning, a company that has now grown, internationally, to serve the hearing impaired and blind community in multiple ways with; captioning, CART (onsite and remote), medical and legal transcription, language interpretation, haptics and ASL. Staff for Azur works remotely all over the world! She has expanded the Azur brand into the tech space, and back to her court reporting roots, building on the love of helping others and above all, serving.
Gail Conaway has been a court reporter since 2000. She started using Dragon and SpeechCAT in 2004. Gail has been a Beta tester for AudioScribe since 2014.
Gail studied at the College of Court Reporting in Smithville, Missouri for eight months and obtained her Missouri CCR in 2000. She obtained her national certification in 2004 and is currently a CVR-M.
In addition to being an official reporter, Gail has been a member of Missouri Court Reporters Association since 2004. She has been a board member for many years including Region II Vice President for the years 2008 to 2010. Gail was elected vice president of the association in 2011. She went off the board for a couple of years to spend time with her grandchildren. Gail went back on the board as treasurer in 2014 and held that position until April, 2018.
Gail has also been a member of the National Verbatim Reporters Association since 2004 and recently has been nominated as the Treasurer on the Board of Directors. She was the President of NVRA for the term of 2020/2021 and is now Past President.
Gail began her journey into teaching in 2021 when the administrator in the courthouse where she was employed realized what a court reporter shortage they had. When she found out that Gail was certified to teach, she asked Gail to develop a class curriculum for people already employed with the county. She had six in her class in 2021 and six in her class in 2022. Since 2022, Gail has been teaching folks outside of court and continues to do so.
AudioScribe proudly announced Gail’s completion of the AudioScribe Training program and indoctrination into the AudioScribe training family in 2022. Gail has since successfully trained and mentored several people into voice writers.
Gail currently lives in Holt, Missouri with her husband. She has four children and seven grandchildren. In her spare time, Gail enjoys quilting and running.
Danielle has been in the legal field since 2009 when she became a CER in the State of Michigan. There she assisted the 14-A District Court for six years covering jail arraignments, felony sentencings, magistrate court and more. After a short break from the legal field, Danielle moved to Georgia where she once again became a CER in 2018 while working through machine school. Danielle switched to training in voice in 2020 and received her CVR in 2021 and her CM in 2023.
She is currently the CEO of ArdorECR Services, a scoping, transcription, and court reporting company she started with her sister and mother in 2020. Before her most recent transition in 2025 to the role of official court reporter for the Fulton County Superior Court chief judge, Danielle was a freelance court reporter for her own agency, a floating official for the Fulton County Juvenile Court, and lastly a floating official for the Fulton County State Court.
She is currently very active in volunteerism as the Vice President of the National Verbatim Reporters Association, the treasurer for the Georgia Court Reporters Association, and the chair and member for several committees for both associations.
TRAINING OFFERINGS
SpeechCat Hourly Training Sessions $75.00
SpeechCAT Collaboration with Text Expander (aBreevy 8)(Two (2)hours) $125.00
SpeechCAT Seminar/Convention Training Sessions (Minimum two(2) hours) $250.00
SpeechCAT Alpha to Omega Software Training (minimum six (6) sessions) $600.00