Mirabai Knight's Resume (Last updated May 31st 2008)

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Mirabai Knight

330 Wadsworth Avenue #6E
New York, NY 10040

917.576.4989

http://stenoknight.com

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OBJECTIVE

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To produce verbatim transcripts in specified formats on a freelance basis, remotely or on-site.

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WORK EXPERIENCE

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August 2007 - Present
CART Provider

NYU and The Pratt Institute

Brooklyn and New York, NY
Provide CART in classroom. Transcribe classes in realtime, correct and distribute transcripts to students, review and add relevant class material to steno dictionary, facilitate communication between students and professors as appropriate. Subjects include Tax Law, Urban Planning, Arts Administration, Architecture, Economics, Literature.

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June 2007 - Present
Open Captioner

Caption Coalition

New York, NY
Provide scripted open captioning for plays and musicals. Prepare and edit scripts, preview productions, synchronize caption output to dialog.

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July 2005 - August 2007
Senior Transcriber

Soundwriters, Inc.

Long Island City, NY
Produced transcripts for closed captioning using steno machine and CAT software. Wrote MS Word macros to maximize efficiency. Performed web research to determine spelling of names and terminology. Trained and supervised transcription staff.

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May 2005 - July 2005
Transcriber

Media Transcripts, Inc.

New York, NY
Produced and proofread time-coded editing transcripts for documentaries, news magazines, interviews, and reality shows. Included speaker designations, false starts, and interjections.

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EDUCATION

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September 2005 - March 2007

New York Career Institute

New York, NY

Advanced Court Reporter Certificate

  • Studied conflict-free proprietary realtime theory, Case CATalyst, medical and legal terminology. Attained speed of 225 WPM.

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August 1998 - May 2002

St. John's College

Santa Fe, NM

BA, Liberal Arts

  • Mastered an interdisciplinary curriculum based on the "Great Books" of Western civilization. Coursework included Philosophy, Math, Sciences, Greek, French, Music.

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SKILLS

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  • Proficient in Total Eclipse, Teleview, Vim, and Regular Expressions.
  • Developed Bozzy, an open-source steno dictionary builder.
  • Currently developing Plover, an open-source steno CAT program, in Python.
  • Home transcription setup includes USB foot pedal, broadband, all common multimedia codecs.

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