BECOME A MEMBERWhat is BIVR?
The British Institute of Verbatim Reporters, is the leading organisation for verbatim reporters in the UK. We promote training and professional skills and have a Code of Ethics.
BIVR members work in many spheres of the law such as the High Court, Crown Courts, tribunals and inquiries. They write machine shorthand using Stenograph, a variety of Palantype system machines or Pitman handwritten shorthand.
BIVR members work with deaf and deafened people as Speech-To-Text communication supporters. BIVR encourages real-time skills which are used extensively in complex cases. Television subtitling is also carried out by some of our members.
BIVR has a long and rich history. It is the successor organisation to the Institute of Shorthand Writers, incorporated as long ago as 1887 as a glance at our Heritage page will show you.