Looking to become a court reporter but worried about scams
So as a background, I used to do voice captioning for CaptionCall (phone calls for the deaf and HOH) and I did voice captioning for live television with Vitac before news stations all moved away from human captioning, so I'm well versed in voice writing.
I've been wanting to get back into captioning and someone mentioned court reporting since it's relatively similar to what I've done in the past. They recommended TrueScript Institute and I checked them out, but they seem hella new for how much they charge, so I'm a little nervous dropping so much money on them (if anyone knows whether they're legit, let ya girl know).
I've been trying to research the best way to start as a court reporter, but the options feel so overwhelming when I look at the lists on NVRA. Is there an institute that's better than the others, especially if you're already relatively familiar with voice writing using Dragon or is it just "choose whichever looks good and whichever has a price point you're comfy with?"
I miss captioning and this career is so appealing to me but I also don't wanna lose a ton of money to an "institute" looking to cash in on the TikTok popularity of court reporting videos lol.