A real-time court reporter, whether in Atlanta, GA or beyond, can offer an immediate translation of their machine from shorthand into English, with the text appearing on a computer monitor. The real-time reporter still uses a stenotype machine, but the newer generation models are electronic and linked to software that translates the shorthand into readable text. Real-time court reporting has been around for quite a while and it actually gained widespread attention through the highly publicized criminal trial of O.J. Simpson.