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Realtime Verbatim Reporter or Realtime Verbatim Reporter-Master

 

RVR/RVR-S:

Candidates must hold a valid CVR®/CVR-S, or CVR®-M, and be a General, Military, or Honorary member of NVRA in good standing to test for the RVR®/RVR-S.
 
Candidates must pass the Dictation Skills Test consisting of the dictation and submission of at least one of three eight-minute segments with accuracy of 95 percent. No editing is permitted following the end of the dictation. The segments are a 180 word-per-minute literary, a 180 word-per-minute jury charge, and a 180 word-per-minute two-voice question and answer. Segments will be graded in full-minute increments comprising five consecutive minutes. The lowest error total on a continuous five-minute segment will be considered the score.
 
Candidates may dictate any and all segments, and all submitted segments will be graded. Any passing segment will result in certification.
 

RVR-M/RVR-M-S: 

Candidates must hold a valid CVR®/CVR-S, or CVR®-M, and be a General, Military, or Honorary member of NVRA in good standing to test for the RVR-M®/RVR-M-S.
 
Candidates must pass the Dictation Skills Test consisting of the dictation and submission of one eight-minute segment with accuracy of 96 percent. No editing is permitted following the end of the dictation. The segment is a 200 word-per-minute two-voice question and answer. The segment will be graded in full-minute increments comprising five consecutive minutes. The lowest error total on a continuous five-minute section will be considered the score.
 
NOTE:  Members currently holding a Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR) NCRA designation shall be granted a Realtime Verbatim Reporter - Master - Stenotype (RVR-M-S) certification without examination upon receipt of a $50.00 processing fee, NVRA General Member dues ($225), and documentation to verify current NCRA certification.  This reciprocity agreement ended December 31, 2024.