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225words per minute
The NCRA's Registered Professional Reporter skills test sets the testimony and question-and-answer leg at 225 words per minute.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Testimony/Q&A at 225 wpm”
Registered Professional Reporter (RPR) testing information, National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), n.d., Testing information: Online Skills Tests.
Open the original- What it measures
- Court reporters write the spoken record in stenotype or shorthand. The skills test measures whether they can keep up with live testimony.
- What it does not show
- The figure is from the NCRA page as read on 2026-10-16. The page gives no revision date, so cite it with the access date.