1	                      Sally Jones 
  2	Having been duly sworn, was examined and testified as 
  3	follows:
  4	By MR. JOHNSON.
  5		Q	State your name for the record, 
  6	please?
  7		A	Sally Jones.
  8		Q	Is the miss or Mrs. Jones?
  9		A	Mrs.
 10		Q	Mrs. Jones, what is your present 
 11	occupation?
 12		A	I'm a freelance reporter with Flying 
 13	Fingers Reporting Services.
 14		Q	It is my understanding, Mrs. Jones, 
 15	that Flying Fingers Reporting 
 16	Services has recently purchased a 
 17	ProCAT computer aided transcription 
 18	system, is that correct?
 19		A	Yes.
 20		Q	Have you had a chance to familiarize 
 21	yourself with the ProCAT system?
 22		A	Yes.
 23		Q	What some of the ProCAT's features?
 24		A	First of all, ProCAT is an easy to 
 25	use, menu driven system which allows 


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  1	the operator to select many features 
  2	with a single key stroke.
  3		Q	Lets back up a moment, Mrs. Jones.  
  4	Can you explain, for those of us not 
  5	quite as knowledgable about 
  6	computers, what a menu is and how it 
  7	works?
  8		A	Sure.  A menu is a list from which 
  9	you choose a particular function.  
 10	First, your menu might give you a 
 11	choice of a translating a job, 
 12	dictionary maintenance or editing a 
 13	transcript.  
 14	You choose which function you would 
 15	like to do an the menu takes you 
 16	into that particular process.
 17		Q	All right.  Suppose I have decided 
 18	to edit a document and I have 
 19	selected the edit function on the 
 20	main menu.  What's next?
 21		A	The document you chose to edit 
 22	appears on the screen and you then 
 23	have the opportunity to change 
 24	punctuation, move paragraphs, delete 
 25	or insert words or lines, resolve 


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  1	conflicts and do a function called 
  2	global replace.
  3		Q	What is global replace?
  4		A	Global replace means taking a string 
  5	of words or one word in the 
  6	transcript an replacing it with 
  7	another.  First, you might go 
  8	through and edit a transcript and 
  9	then decide that you should have 
 10	spelled a name such as Francis with 
 11	a E instead of an I. You simply go 
 12	into the global at replace mode and 
 13	tell the computer to find every 
 14	occurrence of Frances an change the 
 15	to Francis.
 16		Q	Thank you, Mrs. Jones.  That's all 
 17	the questions I have for now 
 18		Mr. Johnson:  Your witness 
 19	By Mr. Smith:
 20		Q	Mrs. Jones, my name is Mike Submit.  
 21	Have you ever had your deposition 
 22	taken before?
 23		A	No.
 24		Q	Can you tell us how the computer 
 25	converts your steno outlines into 


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  1	English?
  2		A	The computer contains what is called 
  3	your personal dictionary.  As you 
  4	probably know, every reporter writes 
  5	a little different that the next 
  6	person.  Therefore by building your 
  7	own personal dictionary you're able 
  8	to put your own unique strokes into 
  9	the dictionary.  You can also build 
 10	what is called a job dictionary, 
 11	inserting words that might be used 
 12	only in a particular job, such as 
 13	medical terminology, etc.
 14		Q	Can you tell us a little about the 
 15	Stack translation feature of ProCAT?
 16		A	Yes.  Stack translation enables you 
 17	to put several jobs into the the 
 18	computer to translate while you're 
 19	doing something else, such as taking 
 20	another job, printing a transcript, 
 21	or doing your grocery shopping.
 22		Q	Are you saying that you can print a 
 23	transcript at the same time as 
 24	you're doing another function?
 25		A	Yes.  I can print one job while I'm 


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  1	editing another, or print one job 
  2	while I'm translating another.
  3		Q	Well, that certainly is very 
  4	impressive to me.  Thank you Mrs. 
  5	Jones 


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