Media
“A society can only grow and improve by including all people in the fold.”
— Thomas Herman, Journal of Court Reporting
Published Work & Interviews
Thomas Herman is a contributing author to the Journal of Court Reporting and has written for InnoCaption and other industry publications. He also authors The Tea, the Caption Nerds newsletter, and has presented webinars and spoken to students pursuing careers in stenography about CART captioning and language access.
Recent Features
Stenography and Travel: Where Steno Can Take
You Journal of Court Reporting — February 2026
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Coffee with Captioners
California Court Reporters Association — February 2025
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What Star Trek Can Teach You About Realtime Writing
Journal of Court Reporting — May 2025
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CODA Wins Bring Accessibility Fight to Light for Deaf and
Hard-of-Hearing Community
Journal of Court Reporting — March 2022
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DEI & Advocacy
In 2023, Thomas was honored to contribute to the Journal of Court Reporting’s first-ever Pride edition — a historic issue featuring multiple voices and perspectives from within the stenography community.
On Social
Caption Nerds is active on Instagram, sharing short videos about stenography and captioning as part of a broader effort to make this work more visible and better understood.
A few have reached a wider audience, but the goal is simple—help people see what goes into real-time captioning, and why it matters.
These images below are from one of those Instagram reels.
